dazjet 'n family: Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park

Another glorious day beckoned, so we went out in search of some more stunning scenery. This is such a beautiful corner of the state! Not far from where we are staying is Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park. That's where we started the day. Our first stop was at Bluff Falls. The viewing platform is at the base of the falls, just 250 metres from the car park, so it was easy to access. The spray from the falls hit us on the viewing platform!

There was a couple of other walks, we chose the short 'stroll' to Campbells Lookout which was meant to be 700 metres away. It took a very long time, it involved scaling up rocks, avoiding steep drop offs, mossy and damp areas as well as this ladder...

But it was a terrific walk, which took us high above the falls and along the creek, complete with dozens of other small cascades. It felt a lot further than 700 metres, and we're still not sure if we made it all the way to Campbells Lookout!

Enjoyed a last look at Bluff Falls on the way back to the car park, where we had a picnic lunch.

We continued driving through the National Park. The road was a gravel one, in good condition. The Pine Mountain part of the park is actually a large monolith, supposedly more than twice the size of Uluru. It's pretty much covered in trees, so it looks more like a regular mountain than a monolith. We drove through the small town of Walwa and then followed the Murray River back towards Tintaldra. There were a couple of fantastic places for camping along the river. This is one of those spots - with Pine Mountain (the Monolith) a back drop to the great river...

Half way between Tintaldra and Toowong... (and yes we had all the jokes about Toowongs don't make a right!) we took the turn off for Mt Mittamatite. A sign proclaimed it to be a 'dry weather road'. It was literally a goat track, initially through lush green farmland, with several cattle grates and cattle wandering all over the place - as was a solitary black snake we nearly ran over. Then the goat track turned into more of a regular dirt road, although quite rocky. All up it was 16 km's up to Embery's Lookout. But it was well worth it. The view looking down over Corryong township, the lush fields and across to the Alps and the now familiar snow caps. We hung around and clambered on the massive boulders for quite some time. As has been the case with most places up here, we had it all to ourselves!