We had driven past St Mary's Cathedral on the Monday and headed back for a look first thing. Ged's Dad had been an alter boy here many decades ago. Alas, most of it was closed, so we couldn't light a candle for him, but got a peep and a couple of photos.
Mt Field National Park (including Russell Falls) is one of the must do day trips when staying in Hobart. Steve had spent many happy times in the lush green surrounds in the 60s and 70s.
You basically follow the Derwent from Hobart and head via New Norfolk. We stopped at a huge shed selling bric-a-brac on the way and left with a bag of cox's orange pippin ap, a local favourite apple that you don't see on the mainland.
We parked at the National Park office, paid out $24 day fee and headed up the track to the falls.
This is rainforest - green moist and beautiful, except it wasn't as green and moist as it should have been. Again, the lack of rainfall in Tasmania was taking its toll.
We made it to the lower level of the falls, took our turn for photos and pondered the beauty - even if the water flow was a bit less than once remembered.
You could once access three levels of the falls, but they have closed the middle level, so we headed up the steps to the top and the horseshoe falls. There were far too many steps for Steve's liking, but it wasn't long and we were at the top.
 |
| Bloody Steps! |
 |
| View from the top |
 |
| The half a horseshoe falls |
7
The trek back was much more to Steve's liking and we stopped for some big tree photos and to admire the stream.
It was lunchtime, so we stopped at the Waterfalls Cafe for lunch - YUM! Ged had a Tasmanian smoked salmon focaccia and Steve the wallaby burger. Both were excellent. We took our time on the way back with a couple of stops and headed to our hotel in Sandy Bay.
An early night - heading to Bruny Island tomorrow
No comments:
Post a Comment