Friday Foray #7 Tall Trees Walk, Mt Field; 24 April 2015.
Walk: From Tall Trees walk entrance on Mt Field road to the Waterfall Cafe.
Food: Lunch at Waterfall Cafe.
I was lucky to do a Friday walk with Japanese friends Hiroko N, Hiroko K, Shigemi, Yukiko, Kazuko, Harumi, Setsuko, Misa and Hisako. What a glorious day to be out and about in Tasmania. Through the striking autumn colours of the Derwent Valley we drove onto Mt Field to register with the Parks & Wildlife officer before we drove up to the beginning of the Tall Trees Walk. It was beautiful. There were indeed many tall trees, tall ferns, moss covered logs, swimming trout, Pademelons, and laughter and chatter as Carrie, Masako and I joined the 9 Japanese visitors of the Belle Nature Group to walk down past Horseshoe Falls and Russell Falls to the Parks centre.
After a fabulous lunch of chunky vegetable soup, smoked salmon toasted sandwiches and to-die-for chocolate ice-cream we ventured on over Meadowbank Lake to Curringa Farm. What a tour! Adrian, Mark and Jane made us so welcome and topped us up with a scrumptious afternoon tea of just-baked scones, raspberry jam and cream, Princess Mary Cake and tea/coffee.
Mt Field National Park, Tasmania
Tall Trees Walk, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania
Let’s go! Tall Trees Walk with Belle Nature Group
Hiroko N on the Tall Trees walk
Belle Nature ladies standing in a tree trunk
Mossy logs on the Tall Trees walk
Russell Falls, Mt Field National Park, and the Belle Nature Group
Autumn in the park.
Spotting trout on the Tall Trees Walk
Crossing Meadowbank Lake in Tasmania
Afternoon tea at Curringa Farm with Belle Nature Group
Curringa Farm water view, Tasmania.
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Friday Foray #6 Cascade Walking Track; 17 April 2015, one of the Greater Hobart Trails.
Walk: from Behind Silos at Cascade Brewery to end of Cascade Walking Track then down the Old Farm Road to Cascade Brewery.
Food: Snack at Cascade Visitor Centre Cafe & Restaurant
Valeri, Brian, Sally, Rod & Thyme had a fabulous walk along the Cascade Walking Track. So well maintained and signposted, weather perfect for walking, wallabies and birds to spot along the way, it was a magic day for meandering around Mt Wellington’s edges. Good on Cascade and the Hobart City Council for their contributions to the great track, and good on Peter DeGraves for starting it all back in the 1800’s. What a guy!
We wandered back along the other side of the Guy Fawkes Rivulet down Old Farm Road before taking a snack in the Cascade Brewery Restaurant. The gardens and water features were a delight, we were almost tempted to do another brewery tour.
Cascade Walking Track
Yay, all ready to walk.
The Brewery from the track
Gorgeous tree trunks along the way
Wildflowers
Honouring Peter DeGraves who built Cascade Brewery
On the DeGraves Bridge
Brian along the Cascade Walking Track
Cascade Walking Track
Cascade Walking Track
Guy Fawkes Rivulet
Old Farm Road
Cascade Brewery
Cascade Brewery
Cascade Brewery Bar
Cascade Brewery Coper Pipes
If only we could still see these guys living in Wild Tasmania
Cascade Brewery Gardens
Cascade Gardens sculpture
Cascade Brewery Gardens
The track we actually walked, up the Cascade Walking Track, Down the Old Farm Road
See our March Forays, our February Forays, our January Forays.