Thursday 30th April
We met as usual at 6.30pm at the TUU carpark and I was expecting 19 people. We managed to pick up a few more people which brought the group up to 23. We met the post grad society and their group of 15 at Mt Field, but walked ahead as to not get the two groups confused and keep track of everyone. First stop was the glow worm grotto just before Russell Falls. In order to see anything the sign tells you to switch off all lights and hold the hand rail and slowly walk, keeping an eye out to your left. It took a while for our eyes to adjust to the dark but eventually we started to see the flicker of electric blue among the trees. Perhaps not the most impressive glow worms you will ever see, they were pretty good considering it was free and so easily accessible.
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| Moon gazing |
Next stop was Russell Falls, our states most iconic waterfall. Many of the international students hadn't seen Russell Falls yet, so were pretty eager to see that. We then walked up the stairs to the top of Russel Falls and kept going to Horseshoe Falls. We ran into the post grad society here and had the fun task of trying to keep everyone separate and with the correct group.
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| Traffic Jam on the viewing platform |
On we walked through the Tall Trees walk, crossing the road to Lady Barron Falls. On the way we saw some big trees (no surprises), insects and a few possums. I had never been to Lady Barron Falls before, so it was good to see something new! We then had a short trek up a large staircase which gave everyone a good work out before getting back to the car.
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| Lady Barron Falls |
Walking at night meant that we avoided the crowds, saw the glow worms and enabled us to see the forest in a very different light. The moon was also particularly stunning that evening for the enthusiastic TUBC moon gazers.
Total walking time was approximately 2 hours and drive time of 1 hour each way from Sandy Bay.
