Wallaman Falls

After some overcast days where we could see the mist on the mountains, we were hoping the forecast for mostly sunny would be accurate for our day up at Wallaman Falls. When we left in the morning there was still some mist about but the cloud was clearing by the time we reached the top of the falls.

The lady in the Visitor Information Centre said to take walking poles if we had them, and we were glad we did. It was wet all the way down, and would have been a lot more slippery without the poles for extra balance. As we descended the rainforest grew thicker.

It was beautiful at the bottom, and the changing sun through the clouds and mist created some lovely rainbows.

It was only about 3.2km return, which was around half the distance of the Bluff Knoll walk we did in WA last year, and the gradient wasn't quite as steep, but the humidity was high with all the mist from the waterfall, so it was hard work getting back up to the top! 

Australasian Figbird

Common Myna

Common Mynas have a bit of a brawl!

Ulysses Butterfly

The view from part way down the range on the way home.

Masked Lapwings often appear in pairs or with their young, but there was a large flock of them on the road back to Ingham. We've never seen so many of them together!