Mitchell River and Bryces Gorge

 March long weekend

Doomed to failure with a flooded river, swollen creeks and flat tyres the weekend finished with a spectacular walk around the Bryces Gorge walk.

We started out with plans to walk the Mitchell River Gorge but heavy rains over the previous weeks made getting along the gorge impossible. WE began the walk at the Den of Nargan CP only to be stopped at the first river crossing. It was a raging torrent so we high tailed it back up the hill. We drove to Billy Goat Bend and setup camp for the night. The following morning we set off on our journey along the Mitchell and as you can see by the pictures the water was certainly up! Unfortunately a walk along the river was not to be. We decided to bush bash our way back to the road and continue from there…this was harder than expected but after a couple of hours of hard slog we made it to the road. Once again we were stopped in our tracks by a creek crossing too deep to wade through. It was at this point we abandoned our walk and returned to BGB camp ground.

The decision was made to head towards Licola and do Bryces Gorge the following day (Richard and Liz, with flat tyre and crappy spare headed towards Bairnsdale and then on to Canberra, Andrea and I with not so crappy spare tyre headed to Licola.)

Pieman Falls

Conglomerate Falls

Bryces Gorge was spectacular. The weather was superb and the walking absolutely beautiful. Pieman and Conglomerate Falls were in full flow. We continued around the circuit and camped at Guy’s Hut for the night. With a camp fire and a bottle of wine from Licola General Store a brilliant end to what was an interrupted weekend walk.

Guys Hut

The things you see!