I was enjoying the hospitality of my sister and brother in law at Hazelbrook over the Christmas period, and on Christmas Day I went on the waterfall walk near their place. This takes you to three main waterfalls – Horseshoe, Oakland and Burgess Falls (and there are also some minor waterfalls – Fairy Falls, Glow Worm Nook Falls and Lena Falls).
Large Tongue Orchid
I started from the track on Oakland Road and soon arrived at Horseshoe Falls. From there, I continued on the lower track to Oakland Falls. The level on water in the creek was low. These waterfalls are best visited just after rain. However there were quite a few wildflowers were out and also some fungi.
At Oakland Falls, a massive tree has fallen down right across the bottom of the waterfalls – completely wrecking the view of the water. Later, at home, I emailed the Blue Mountains Council about this and they will look into it.
Oakland Falls
At the bottom of the waterfall a pair of Rufous Fantails were fluttering about. Nice to see.
I continued on the bottom track, and on the way had to climb over of under a few more fallen trees. At the creek junction, I followed the track up the other branch to Burgess Falls.
Burgess Falls
Just above the falls I spotted some Hyacinth Orchids.
Further along, I spotted some nice Large Tongue Orchids.
