Hello! Thursday is at an end for me. Jeff had finished a few nightshifts, so today we thought we should get out of the house and far away – just for a change!
The weather was having a Tasmanian Hissy Fit for about half the day, changing from blinding rain to blinding sun every 20 minutes or so.
We headed on out to Dip Falls to see how it was looking after all the rain
(You can see some comparison photos from this Friday’s Footprint story)
The pathway down to the bottom of Dip Falls was its own little waterfall and river course!
The falls were impressive today. We could see where the water rose to, and it has stripped all the lovely man ferns that grew around the viewing area
The river is rushing wildly
I haven’t seen the view from the top covered in so much water before
Of course, for me no walking through the bush is complete without looking for some fungi
After saying goodbye to Dip Falls, we headed on into Stanley to visit our favourite shop, “Sticks, Stones, Shells & Bones” As you may guess from the name, its full of wonderful rocks, fossils, sea glass jewellery and many other attractive things.
Because I make friends wherever I go, it was great to go into the shop (it had been a while since we were there) and have the owner so happy to see us, she comes out to give us a hug of welcome! 🙂 Awesome!
After a long browse and chat, Jeff and I treated ourselves to a coffee and a hot chocolate at a new shop in town “The Chocolate Gallery & Café”
FREE chocolate samples! All so divine! We also splurged on a fresh baked muffin which I can’t show you because we ate it before I could think about photography.
The sun was fast going down, but we couldn’t resist going in to Black River Beach to have a bit of a walk and see what the aftermath of the rains had done to the area.
Lots of wood and hay washed up on the beach… all a bit messy!
The afternoon sun was beautiful
I am hoping the colours in the sky tonight means a nice day tomorrow!
That was a day well spent! We enjoyed getting out into the fresh air and walking about & meeting people.
Hope your day is fantastic too
Cheers
Oh those mushrooms! And the views! This is by far one of my favorite posts, thank you so much. Inspiring as always. I can’t wait for our more rainy season to come back so I can go poking around for fungi myself. 😉 Well okay, I can wait, but I’ll be ready!
Thanx Lyra… Its such an easy drive from our place. Was great to get out! I will be very keen to see what kind of fungi grow in your area when that time rolls around again!