Pelverata Falls - 7 Dec 2021

 Our walk today is a return walk into the Pelverata Falls from the car park at the end of Crosswell's Road.

The weather is overcast with the threat of rain at some time during the walk.

An enthusiastic group of walkers ready to leave the car park.

Some were worried about the mud as this clay patch was within less than 100 meters from the cars.

Then the track improved significantly around the corner.

There were some rocky bits.

Some boardwalk above the mud.

And some up hill and this was only in the first 20 minutes.

One lonely orchid by the track.

Then we were traversing across steep rocky slopes.

With a view of Slippery Falls across the valley.

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There was quite a bit of water flowing from the plateau above the falls.

A couple of bird orchids.

Then we were going down steeply.

Pelverata Falls with a fair bit of water coming over the top.

We elected to have morning tea on the viewing platform to celebrate Chris's birthday with some very welcome smoke trout pate (compliments of Chris's fishing and smoking skills) and Corine's cooking skills.

The Santa pate knife made it a duel birthday Xmas feast.

The Birthday Boy.

Climbing up from the viewing platform on the return journey.

 A view back in the direction of the car park.

Climbing down the steepest part of the track.

I think Ron's worried look was because he thought we might have lost someone.

Mother Nature's attempt at a plumbing U-Bend.

 

 

 This photo goes to show the length that some people will go to amuse themselves and we thought it might be a challenge for Chris to make a tower of stones as high as this with its crowning Kookaburra.

We did have a couple of intermittent showers that seem to appear every time Bob put his raincoat back in his pack but they were only a small inconvenience.

We had 10 walkers who walked 6.5 kms in 3 hours and 12 minutes.