Meadstone Falls

On a hot Summers day, there is nothing better than searching for a waterfall and a place to take a swim to cool off. Meadstone Falls situated inland from the East Coast of Tasmania was the destination for this amazing waterfall. 

The first battle with this fall is finding the correct pathway to make it to the destination. Directions state a 20kms drive on Valley Road, which is just before Fingal. We found Valley Road perfectly fine and found one sign that had falls, but it was hard in places to distinguish what was the main road and what was an extra forestry road. We ended up taking the wrong road and travelled an extra 10kms until the road was no longer. So back tracking we went until we found the correct turn off. After a long drive on rough, rocky forestry road we made it to the car park where the bridge had collapsed. 

The first 2.5kms involved walking along the rest of the forestry road. This brought us to the beginning of the track. At the beginning of the track a sign had been placed to inform us that the Lookout was closed as it was too dangerous. That would have been more ideal at the car park for those who decide to not continue on. We had driven for over an hour to find the place so we decided to still do the walk. 

After about a half hour walk through lovely bush land we came to a sign that pointed in one direction to the rock pools or another direction which was to the lookout. By this point we were feeling the heat and decided to head to the rock pools to cool off. Along our walk we passed numerous rock art collections, with rocks stacked up on top of one another. 

The rock pools involved climbing over multiple boulders. The geometric shapes spread throughout the rocks grabbed my attention. After a bit over 100m of clambering across rocks we made it to a gorgeous, clear rock pool. 

The water was so refreshing. We enjoyed our swim with no other person in sight. Something that doesn’t happen a lot with waterfalls becoming such a popular Tasmanian activity to do, since Covid. The water was so clear we could see the depths of the rock pool. It was well worth the drive and walk. After taking a dip we dried off and made our way back to the track and headed to the dangerous lookout hoping we could still at least see the waterfall. 

Meadstone Falls was an impressive fall captured by a vertical rock face either sides. It has a resemblance to Parson Falls. I safely headed down to a section just before the lookout to take some photos from a large rock overlooking the cliff face and falls. After taking some images we headed back. We did find the track to have some wear and tear highlighting some possible dangerous places where the track will eventually fall away. 

The complete walk took about 3 hours and 45 minutes, which included the swim for half an hour. The swim was definitely the highlight of this walk for us. Well worth the trip.