Snookums at the Falls…

Self-portrait of me and the Snook. We were trying to get the waterfall in behind us but it didn’t work so well. I think our facial expressions are funny though.

The soil in Dorrigo was just amazing. It’s this deep dark red that contrasts really nicely with the green fields. It’s not clay though; it’s like volcanic soil and apparently it’s really good to grow stuff in. I took this picture through the car window as we were whizzing down to the National Park.

The Park contains a large area of temperate rainforest. While much of the plateau was logged, the rainforest was protected by the escarpment (basically, the edge of the plateau). At the visitor center you can walk out on the “skywalk” to get a view over the edge and all the way to the ocean.

Beautiful, huh?

Pa and Ma Snook out on the skywalk. She’s hiding from me!

Smooch!

We decided to hike down the escarpment to Crystal Showers Waterfall. Along the way we spotted this big goanna. Eek! Apparently they’re really stupid and when confronted they scramble up the nearest tree. If you’re the only tall thing in the area though… they think you’re the tree. And they have some nasty claws. I stood well back from this one.

The hike was really pretty! I was a little scared of leeches and beasties but a generous application of insect repellent kept them away. Here’s the Snook and I next to a giant old tree.

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