I joined a group of friends for a trip along part of the Bargo River at Tahmoor down to the Mermaids Pool. It was a very hot day – well suited to swimming and the river was an ideal place to go. This is part of the area for the proposed Bargo-Nepean National Park.
Bargo River
In the party were John and Chuin Nee, with their two young sons Jasper and Sebastian, and also Enmoore, Brent, Su Li, Martin and Steffy. We left the carpark at Retford Bridge and walked down the Bargo River along the lower track. Our first stopping place was the See Through Pool where we enjoyed a nice swim. I also took a few photos of the nice waterfalls and cascades. The water flow was much less than on my previous visit.
We then proceeded downstream and soon arrived at the Mermaid Pool. A lot of others were at the pool, so we found a shady spot upstream to have lunch and also another swim.
Some of the party went down to the cliff overlooking the Mermaid Pool and jumped in. This is a large jump! A lot of the others there were also jumping.
Chuin Nee does the waterjump
After a long lunch break, we walked back up to the bridge via a higher track. Back at the carpark, we were quite hot after our walk – so we had another swim in the big pool at the carpark.
The Mermaid Pool
More photos from the day are online here.