Phillips Falls and Tin Spur Falls

It’s been a while getting out in the wilderness and I was definitely craving it. I grabbed my boots and friend and took off for the day heading in the direction of Cethana. The first point of call was the water power station at Lake Cethana. Lake Cethana is a well known spot for deep water diving. 

After checking out the massive lake we jumped back in the car and headed to our first waterfall. On our way we climbed the mountain in the car and reached an amazing lookout at the peak of the mountain. After going for a short walk we found ourselves perched on the edge of the mountain taking on the lush scenery. 

The first waterfall we went searching for was Phillips Falls. This waterfall didn’t look that great on the Tasmanian waterfalls website but because of the recent rain we got a very nice surprise. This waterfall fell from a good 10-15m drop over a canvas of brown layered rock. 

After watching a tutorial on how to use my camera for taking pictures of waterfalls, I was eager to have a play. Between a few blurry images I finally sorted out the setting to get a nice shot of the waterfall. 

It was a pretty steep walk to the bottom, but was worth the struggle. This had nothing on the next waterfall. After trudging back to the car we continued down the gravel road in search of Tin Spur Falls. We found Lorinna Road and parked at the boom gate. 1km walk down the road we came to the top of Tin Spur Falls. The descent down to the falls was extremely steep and slippery. Making sure we grabbed the branches surrounding us and carefully placing our foot on the rocks we scrambled down to the bottom. After reaching the forest floor we decided that the other side of the creek looked like a better location for taking photos. We took the risk and carefully crossed over to the other side. Much to our delight we found that you could get in behind this waterfall at it’s base.  

After having fun exploring the falls we headed back up the steep hill. I did slip crossing the river filling my boot up with water. Whoops! Another great day searching for waterfalls in the wilderness. 

The following day was Father’s Day and I took Mick and the boys for an explore at Upper Preston Falls which was a quick drive up around the corner. Under the Upper Preston falls is a cave with a rock pool that the waterfall tumbles into. Mick found a little fresh water lobster sitting in the rock pool. We got a couple of photos and showed the boys and then released it back into its habitat. 

We had fun exploring this area and had fun throwing sticks into the Preston Creek and watching it tumble over the top Of the falls and disappearing.