After meeting at the TUU car park and adopting a few extras,
we headed out towards Huonville. After waiting for two cars to join us (fill up
with petrol before leaving peeps!),
we headed towards the start of the walk, narrowly avoiding a boat collision and
some nasty potholes. Turns out that would be the hardest part of the day,
because the walk was certainly not 3 hours return!
Our group of 27 made it up in 45 minutes, and made roughly
the same pace on the way back. The walk started out along the back of some
farms, and was only on a slight incline. After about 15 minutes we came to a
right hand turn, and it started to get a little steeper as we headed into the
bush. The track is fantastic though, and there was only one real muddy spot to
tramp around.
The sight of some waterfalls to our right had us tricked,
and we thought we were about halfway. It turns out that we were only about 5
minutes away from the real Pelverata Falls! After a little section of climbing
on screed, we came to the top! There is a viewing station that curves around
the side of the hill and you get a sense of how tall the falls actually are and
makes for a great selfie spot. Apparently there is also a 4WD track that gets
you to the top, but we didn’t try to find this one. After a few minutes at the
top we scrambled down on a beaten path to the flowing river. Some brave souls
actually took their shoes off – their poor cold toes! Other rock monkeys
scrambled up the opposite side, with two walkers having a nice refreshing
shower under the falls!
There were quite a few families and dog walkers out, so the
track is obviously a secret the locals are keeping the city folk in the dark
about! It is well worth the few minutes drive out of town for on a Sunday
afternoon. When daylight savings hits it would be great even as an after work
walk or evening picnic!
Grade: Easy
Length: 2 hours return + rock climbing time
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