A favourite location

One of my favourite spots around Armidale is Dangars Falls and the downstream gorge. Well, today we had Emily and Ella visiting - the latter's first time in Armidale - and the incandescent weather and warm early Spring temperatures lured us out to the gorge country east of town. So here we are at the edge of the gorge preparing to admire the stunning views.

One of the local streams, Salisbury Water, ponds up near the head of the gorge. The placid waters below reflect the local woodland dotted with Acacia bushes in full yellow bloom. This area is part of the Oxley-Wild Rivers National Park and that in turn is part of the World Heritage Listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia region which stretches nearly 400 km north-south along the mountains of northern NSW.  

A little way downstream, past where we're standing here, the waters accelerate through the increasingly steep valley to the top of the waterfall. The third picture in the series looks down on that valley from one of the local network of footpaths.

And here we are gazing at the top of the waterfall as the stream plunges 130m (400 feet) in more or less a single drop to ponds below. Ella was impressed I think with this view!

The final picture shows Dot and Ella, with a nice smile on her face, looking at the beautiful scenery of the gorge country. The picture looks East and the gorges like this one containing Salisbury Water run tens of km towards the distant coast. One can walk days through this country and not see a single person! And it is biologically highly diverse with lots of cute little animals like rock wallabies.

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