Yarra Falls
![[ melb061 ]](images/melb061.jpg) The
walk up Falls reek turned out to be a relatively simple one. The
entire walk was in amongst a wonderful fern gully. I had to keep
swapping from one side to the other as the bank became to steep but
there was always somewhere to walk, even if it was on top of a 1.5m
wide tree trunk. The only really annoying part was the leeches, but
considering the length of the walk I didn't fair that badly.
![[ melb073 ]](images/melb073.jpg) Eventually
I reached it, 'the black hole' as it was sometimes known. The sides
of the valley are so steep that from above, you could hear the
waterfall but not see it. The falls were a little shorter than I
expected and the gorge into which it fell a little wider. This was
certainly not, though, a black hole. After emerging from the
darkness of the tree ferns this was quite the opposite and I spent
most of my time waiting for the sun to go behind a cloud.
![[ melb070 ]](images/melb070.jpg)
![[ melb074 ]](images/melb074.jpg) The
original photograph that I had seen of these falls was taken from a
small ledge about 5m higher than the viewpoint for the photographs
above. A tree fern obscured the view from this ledge so I didn't
bother attempting the tricky climb to it.
![[ melb072 ]](images/melb072.jpg) I
stayed there for lunch before heading back down along the creek.
While I made 'good' progress it must have been slower than I thought
as I returned to the tent in fading light. After evicting the
leeches from my tent I settled down for a good nights sleep in
preparation for the walk back through those two stretches of thick
undergrowth and a few unexpected finds.
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