Not Bluffing

Last visit here we went to Burrowa Pine Mountain National Park and enjoyed the might of Bluff Falls and set out on the 700 m walk to Campbell’s Lookout.  We did not complete the walk, it seemed to go on for way more than 700 metres.

We always said that if we returned to the area we’d come back and finish the walk. Yesterday was 42 degrees, today was meant to be a little cooler, so we set off first thing in the morning.

We drove to the National park via Cudgewa and began the rocky ascent to Campbell’s Lookout. It was an interesting walk. Initially steep, it then followed the creek and we could hear the trickle beside us.

We had to scale this ladder at one point.

We saw a couple of lizards, all the while keeping an eye out for snakes. Didn’t see any of those though.

Crossed the bridge and then continued around and up, finally reaching the lookout. It still seemed way more than 700 metres though.

We rested as we took in the misty view.

On the way back down we paused at the bridge and cooled off by splashing ourselves with the cool running water. Or in Ethan’s case, dipped our head straight in the creek…

Once half way down, we could look up and see where we had got too... surely it was 700 m as the crow flies, but not as a walk!

The leaves up here are huge as you can see…

Next we went the short distance to Bluff Falls, a raging torrent on our last visit. Today it was a mere trickle and we were able to stand under the ledge of rock with a few drips falling on us.

This colourful butterfly was having the time of it’s life fluttering in the ferns alongside the falls.

More than ever, we earned our cooling off during the afternoon after our taxing walk!