Great Dividing Range

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Marg and I jumped into our Horizon Motorhome and spent 6 days traveling from Brisbane to Coffs Harbour, Dorrigo, Guyar, Mann River, Casino and back home.

The weather forecast was not good and night one we experienced a loud thunder storm. When we got to Dorrigo it looked like the weather was going to close in quite quickly. The Drive from Coffs to Dorrigo climbs up through the Great Dividing Range, past the Newell and Sherrard Falls and to the Dorrigo Rain Forest Centre.

These are very old rain forests, a mixture of trees with tangled vines and buttress root systems supporting the trees in relatively shallow soil. There is a magical bird chorus in the forest, red necked pademelons on the fringes of the forest. There are many fungi and lichen varieties. Had the weather not been closing in, we would have spent a whole day in this forest, so all I have is some samples from here, Ebor, Guya (Mother Of Ducks Pond - a protected wet land) and Mann River.

The descent from the high plateau to the Mann River took us through the Whirpoole NP which was just alive with Bell Bird song. They were all around, but well hidden in the tree tops. Their bell is very sharp and powerful. There must have been many birds as we were continuously surrounded by these unseen birds.

We will visit this area again.

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Photos

Forest walk
Tangled vines and roots

Forest walk 2
A beautiful easy walk - just wish the weather wasn't closing in.

Forest Walk 3
Good easy walking paths

Forest Walk 5
Buttress roots

Forest walk 6
Just sat there for the photo shoot

Forest walk 7
Such variety on the forest floor

Forest walk 8
A huge variety of fungi and lichen grow in this ever wet forest

Forest walk 9
Red Necked Pademelon

Forest walk 10
View from the treetop platform

Forest walk 11
Great 3d artwork on the centre

Ebor Falls 1
Lower Ebor Falls

Ebor Falls 2
The pool

Ebor Falls 3
Lower Falls - like a vail of water

Ebor Falls 4
The upper twin falls

Ebor Falls 5
Fishing at base of the upper falls

Washpool NP
Boundary Creek Falls

Mann River 1
The Mann river had a steady flow

Mann River 2
A beautiful river valley

Mann River 3
Full Moon Rising

Mann River 4
Sun has set

Mann River 5
Candy Floss sunset

Mann River 6
Dusky Skyline

Mann River 7
Super Moon

A couple of locals
Always a popular subject in photo shoots.

Comments

[Dancing Dave]

Great shot
Not easy to photograph kookas...great shot

[MargAndRob]

Kooka photos
They are one of our favourite birds. Easier to get than many of the little birds like the Robin I photographed at Lake Towerinining. They only settle for seconds! Kookas at least wait a while. How is your trip going? I've run into a heart rhythm problem so have been with the family in Perth for the last couple of weeks. See Cardiologist tomorrow to get outcome of tests. Rob