Packed lunch and set off this morning to go back into the wilderness area. We are going to chain ourselves to a tree (be it a number of years late). We are heading for the Gordon Dam. Drove along the Derwent River which just looked spectacular with the trees and autumn leaves on display. Back into the pines and ferns with the first stop being the village of Strathgordon. There is a cafe and a wilderness lodge there. Nothing of interest for us. Drove further on to a lookout taking in Lake Gordon which is huge. It was a fantastic view with the mountains in the background. Could have sat there for ages just soaking it up. Drove up to Gordon Dam next. It is so empty, would look so different full. The dam wall is high and there is a company that does parasailing down it. Definitely not for me. I was hanging onto the railing of the fence just looking at it! Back in the car and to a walk we noticed on the way up. The Creepy Crawly Walk - 20 minutes. Better not be any snakes in here. It was a boardwalk and it went through trees and ferns and was very dark and narrow path (creepy). You also nearly had to go on hands and knees to pass some of the tree branches (crawly). Not a bad walk. Back in the car and we see a sign for Junee Caves so off we go. Park the car and follow the sign pointing up a path. No distance or time was mentioned so we didn't know if it was 10 minutes or 10 days. Probably ended up being 20 minutes. You could only look in the cave as it was fenced. The Junee River runs through the cave. Further on to our Next stop at Russell Falls. There are actually 3 walks that start from this point but we did Russell Falls. It was a nice walk but the falls had nowhere near the amount of water falling over them as the picture on the brochure. With tired feet we finished our day and headed back to the van.
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| Lake Gordon |
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| Gordon Dam |
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| Creepy Crawly walk |
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| Junee Cave |
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| Russell Falls |
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