Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Not a red letter day
When I booked the day, a month ago – to coincide with my father being able to ‘do the kids’ – I had this feeling that they weren’t too keen on that particular day: a Tuesday in the off-season.
As the day got closer, there was still no sign of a cancellation, so by Monday afternoon, despite the inclement weather, I was hopeful that the diving boots I had borrowed off Richard would be put to good use.
Irritatingly, they called at 5pm on Monday, to cancel; ostensibly because of the impending bad weather (in the end the Tuesday was warm and breezy, about perfect). For most, this wouldn’t represent much of a problem, but with kids, work etc., a cancellation like this requires a major logistical rethink.
Or a refund.
Why is that these red letter days always (well, 2 times out of 3) end in a changed, cancelled or invariously mucked around itinerary. Just as well organise things yourself.
To divert extreme disappointment I booked some tickets to go and watch the Wallabies play France in July at Suncorp and then went bush walking – sans les enfants – with my father.
In three attempts, I have so far failed to get to Love Creek Falls, in the Brisbane State Forest. Without the children, here was an opportunity.
The falls lay about 3km up a steadily rising creek bed, through rainforest. The creek gets increasingly steeper and the vegetation gets thicker as you go up, making the upper sections pretty difficult terrain to traverse. Each new cascade presents a new problem: do you climb up it, leap over rocks, or scramble up the valley side to bypass.
From the car park, it was an ascent of about 300m to the base of the falls. It took 1 ½ hours of scrambling, rock hopping and climbing to get there, but it was worth it. Notwithstanding the beautiful scenery on the ascent, Love Creek Falls are some 20m high, framed by a wonderful opening in the canopy and in the middle of nowhere – 7 or 8 km from the nearest recognised track.
So that’s another of Brisbane State Forest’s reclusive waterfalls explored. Just a few more – and a whole gorge - to go.
Not a red letter day
Posted by Living with Matilda at 10:35 PM
When I booked the day, a month ago – to coincide with my father being able to ‘do the kids’ – I had this feeling that they weren’t too keen on that particular day: a Tuesday in the off-season.
As the day got closer, there was still no sign of a cancellation, so by Monday afternoon, despite the inclement weather, I was hopeful that the diving boots I had borrowed off Richard would be put to good use.
Irritatingly, they called at 5pm on Monday, to cancel; ostensibly because of the impending bad weather (in the end the Tuesday was warm and breezy, about perfect). For most, this wouldn’t represent much of a problem, but with kids, work etc., a cancellation like this requires a major logistical rethink.
Or a refund.
Why is that these red letter days always (well, 2 times out of 3) end in a changed, cancelled or invariously mucked around itinerary. Just as well organise things yourself.
To divert extreme disappointment I booked some tickets to go and watch the Wallabies play France in July at Suncorp and then went bush walking – sans les enfants – with my father.
In three attempts, I have so far failed to get to Love Creek Falls, in the Brisbane State Forest. Without the children, here was an opportunity.
The falls lay about 3km up a steadily rising creek bed, through rainforest. The creek gets increasingly steeper and the vegetation gets thicker as you go up, making the upper sections pretty difficult terrain to traverse. Each new cascade presents a new problem: do you climb up it, leap over rocks, or scramble up the valley side to bypass.
From the car park, it was an ascent of about 300m to the base of the falls. It took 1 ½ hours of scrambling, rock hopping and climbing to get there, but it was worth it. Notwithstanding the beautiful scenery on the ascent, Love Creek Falls are some 20m high, framed by a wonderful opening in the canopy and in the middle of nowhere – 7 or 8 km from the nearest recognised track.
So that’s another of Brisbane State Forest’s reclusive waterfalls explored. Just a few more – and a whole gorge - to go.
Posted by Living with Matilda at 10:35 PM
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