| Notley Fern Gorge Walk |
| We had spent the morning looking for orchids, had a great lunch in George Town and for the afternoon we were going to look at Notley Fern Gorge. The car park looked familiar so we might have done this walk before, some 20 years ago. The walk map indicated that you walked down hill to the creek along the creek then up again. The best bit was we expected to see orchids along the way. It is a rain forest walk so we saw loads of ferns, hence the walk name and tall trees. It is a relatively short walk at 1.75km but in our usual way we took our time taking photos and enjoying the views. If it's not raining rain forests are great places. |
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| Nice Car Park - Covered notice board at start of walk | Some good information on the walk | Section of sign showing the walk details |
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| Off we go - down hill! | A junction - you can go either way | We chose clockwise, which is the preferred way |
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| Signs describe the different plants growing along the walk | ||
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| Mother Shield Fern | Someone's helping an epiphyte here | |
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| Good track down - loads of ferns | ||
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| The tall ferns are - Tree Ferns | ||
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| Kangaroo Fern | ||
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| Wild life - Pademelon paying attention to us. | ||
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| Hard Water Fern | ||
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| A bridge across the creek | The creek is crossed a few times on the walk | |
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| Common Filmy Fern | ||
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| Startled - we heard a tree fall - unsettling | ||
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| Brady's Tree - Tall! | Finally, up at the top again | |
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| Stringy Bark - the name seems appropriate | Back at the junction | Back at the car park. |
