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Gentle Annie Falls are located southern slopes of Mount Wellington, and are rather conveniently at the side of the Huon Highway. You literally just pull up and start taking photos.
Normally the falls are almost dry but as this was taken after a good 12 hours of rain, theres a bit more rain flowing down them. One of the things about the these falls in the uneven slope of the falls, which makes it very difficult to capture their height when standing in front of them.
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The reason for heading up to Mt Wellington was to take some photos of O’Grady falls. I had previously gone looking for them last year, however ended up on “long way round” track, which I abandoned halfway through the walk.
No problems finding the falls this time, I was well researched. The Wood’s Track albeit the shorter route was very steep though – what was an enjoyable walk down was a recipe for a heart attack back up. However with the wet day, and heavy cloud cover, it was perfect conditions to take photos of waterfalls.
The image really does not do justice to the falls – I would estimate them to be between 6 and 9 metres high. I also became re-acquainted with leeches, which seemed determined t suck me dry by dropping from overhanging trees. Thankfully only 1 managed to “get me” – the others I removed in time.
I feel there is potential to improve on this photo – this is the “tourist” shot many people get of the falls, however it does not really tell the story of the waterfall, so I plan to return when the weather isn’t so prone to leeches and spend more time trying to get the shot I want.
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A couple of months back, when I first started this site, I posted about Strickland Falls. What I had not realised was that I had not truly seen them, and they were further upstream. I have been there half a dozen times since, and every time been stymied but the water being too high to successfully cross the creek with camera gear to shoot the falls proper. This all changed this weekend and armed with gumboots and back camera kit, I finally got the photos I was seeking. More photos after the break.
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Marriot Falls was the ultimate destination of my trip that went via Lake Meadowbank. The track to get there was a little different to what was advertised on other websites. The falls themselves are quite spectacular, and I believe moreso than the Russell Falls nearby. Unfortunately due to the higher than normal water flow due to recent rains, I was unable to get as close as I would have liked, and as a result the photo has been obscured by trees.
Track notes for those interested can be found here.
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This is something I have not seen before. Silver Falls, with a “real” amount of water coming over them. Silver falls is part of the Hobart Water supply, so as such the fun police have restricted access upstream of it. The water is then channelled down canals into small reservoirs before making its way via pipe to the Hobart “Waterworks”. Read the rest of the story to see an image of how the Falls usually look.
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I guess it’s becoming noticeable that I particularly like taking photos of waterfalls. It has been raining for 3 days here, so I have taken the opportunity to go out and take some photos of local waterfalls while there is some water around. This one is of Strickland falls, nearby Fern Tree. Its hard to imagine that this is maybe 15 seconds walk from a major road in the area, Strickland Avenue.
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I have to admit, I am not particularly fond of this photo, mainly because there was nowhere to compose the photo other than a small platform built by the Parks and Wildlife Service, which had a tree overgrowing the more interesting aspects of the falls. There is definitely a lot more water flowing over this waterfall than there is over the Horse Shoe Falls & Russell Falls. Did I mention the 1 hour round trip is quite a hike?
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When most people visit Mt Field, the main attraction in the Russell Falls. but with the lack of sustained rain, I feel that these falls are quite underwhelming. Instead I took photos of the two other major waterfalls in the park, the Horse Shoe (Pictured) and Lady Barren (Tomorrow’s photo) Falls.
