Later, there will be another sign, and you can make up your own mind whether you want to visit the cascades clockwise or anti. There were two others in the forest that day, and they walked as fast as I drove for that section! After parking and following Quarry Road to its end, follow signs to the Stone Hut. There are turning points at intervals on this road. We did not go the whole way, as there were whopping mud bogs of indeterminate depth that had me too nervous to progress further.

Take it, and follow it as far as you dare. However, immediately after crossing the Mother Cummings Rivulet (and the Smoko Road turnoff), there is a road on your right (Quarry Road), which looks a bit dicey, but is OK. At least we now have a more accurate time assessment of our task.įrom Deloraine, follow signage to Meander Falls. Like that kid, we may well have to wait until next winter. We have both fallen in love with this area, and, whilst in the midst of enjoying round one, were busily plotting our return after more rain, like a kid who on Christmas day announces that they just can’t wait until next Christmas. Both of us took off a layer somewhere during the climb. Although it is “only” 320 ms, there are some quite tricky sections with permanent rope to help you, and it certainly feels like you’re working. You start at 625 ms, and climb to 945, so neither hint not fact is correct. Again, Waterfalls of Tasmania and Touring Tasmania both say you climb to 800 ms, kind of implying that that is how much you actually climb. My gps said we walked 6 kms, and that we climbed 320 ms. Abby and Gussy will have to wait a bit for this, although they would really love this elfin forest. We agreed that it was not a place where you’d bring young children, especially if you were carrying one of them. The overhanging rocks were truly awesome in their magnitude, and the whole area was lush and mossy – and steep and slippery as well. I’m glad I decided to risk it! After photographing small and large cascades, we continued on the circular track as it climbed above the falls, and had lunch at the amazing Stone Hut, not an exactly comfortable-looking place to stay in, but great fun to look at.Ĭarrie adding some scale, although she is standing under possibly the smallest of the overhangs. The second (that is, the actual Bastion Cascades) was seven minutes further. We reached the first cascade in thirty six minutes. Yet, once again, the stated time to do the walk put us off a bit, but we decided we’re fast, so we’d give it a go.

However, this morning Carrie and I went to the base of the Upper Falls of Sensation Gorge Falls (which greatly pleased us, as people said this couldn’t be done), but we were so disappointed with the small amount of flow there that I decided to abandon our earlier plans, and to head for Bastion Cascades, which always looked moist.

Unless one got a super-early start, one would be finishing in the dark when the drive was added to this large amount of walking time. The fact that the Waterfalls of Tasmania website says the circuit takes five and a half hours, and other sites say five, did not help. Something always got in the road when I thought I’d like to go there. Sometimes you have a beautiful waterfall on your bucket list for ages and ages, but the opportunity to go there just doesn’t quite arise, and so it was for me with Bastion Cascades.

Bastion falls