3rd Week - Tuesday -Bicheno

Off to Douglas-Apsley National Park to do the Aspley River Waterhole and Gorge Walk.  This walk is meant to take 2 - 3 hours.  Set off on a well formed track but it soon got narrower and rockier but we made it to the waterhole.  Very pretty.  We then could not see any signs as to where we were meant to go.  Ian had read that you crossed the river so we found what looked like a row of rocks across the river and proceeded to cross the river.  Managed this quite well (I'm sure a few of you were waiting for one of us to fall in) and climbed up the bank to find the sign pointing the direction of the walk.  Off we go.  The path got worse, narrower and rockier and in some places you were scrambling up rocks.  We had only gone less than 1 km with another 2.5 to go (and then return) but I had had enough.  Ian climbed a bit further up and came back to say it got worse.  Back down we go.  Got back to the river and started to cross back.  Unfortunately the shape of the rocks made it harder to get a footing going back so ended up with wet feet.  Thought that was a better idea than falling in.  Back on the car park side of the river we took off our socks and shoes, put them in the sun and watched the river for awhile.  It was a lovely view and very peaceful.  After talking to two girls from the UK we then walked back to the car.  Spent a lazy afternoon at the van.

Waterhole on Aspley river