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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Ironstone Gully Falls 29/6/19

Yesterday we took a daytrip down to Ironstone Gully to see if the falls were flowing.  They weren't.  Not anything dramatic like last time anyway, just a trickle going over the wall of rock.  The top area had a lot of water though.

"We" were myself and 2 daughters and 2 grandkids.  An older grandkid was sick so stayed home where it was warm and dry...

I keep telling myself that I will come here and camp, maybe I will, one day...

It was drizzling a bit, had obviously been raining, when we turned off into the big parking area of Ironstone Gully, quite a few puddles so the whole area was wet and muddy. We drove up and parked near a table and tried to get ourselves organised while the excited 2 year old took off.  After grabbing him we went and re-explored.




There was water around but not flowing over the rocks like last time we were there.  This is the top...

 











 And down the bottom...After scrambling through bush and clambering over rocks we reached the base.  That sounds much more exciting and adventurous than it actually was and was probably an easy scramble for the people I was with but this fat and unfit 60 year old scrambled and clambered and had a great time fighting through the wet and overgrown underbrush...





Last time we were here, August 2018, we would have been washed away if we stood here.
 








 
It was a great day, wet and cold but fun.   We will come back.






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