We drove 550km from Mount Gambier to Moe today to spend the weekend before Christmas with my mother.
We stopped just over an hour from Mount Gambier between Coleraine and Hamilton in Western Victoria to see the Wannon Falls.
According to the Southern Grampians Shire, the falls were created by lava flows that surged upstream to the Wannon River.
They feature a 100-foot vertical precipice of hardened basalt lava over which water cascades into a deep plunge pool below.
Further downstream, rapids wind their way around large blocks of basalt, dislodged over time down the embankments of the narrow valley.
There’s a great viewing platform, toilets and an interpretive display. Camping is available nearby.
There was some good rain last weekend, so the falls were flowing nicely. I imagine they could dry to a trickle in drought conditions.
Beatiful place, in a nice sunny day ! awww, i wish i was there.
Is it warm in S A in a sunny day like that?
We had a sunny day in Paris today,
but it was 3°C… (37°F i think)
The pictures are great,
i love that little rainbow in the falling water!
Vanilla Bear, it was about 18 degrees C yesterday, which is cool for summer. It’s been like that for the past couple of weeks. We’ll get some 40-degree days before the summer is over.
I liked the falls because there were so many interesting elements: volcanic terrain, bush, water.
Paris might get a white Christmas?
Yes it’s really wonderfu!
I’ve looked for them in Google Earth but couldn’t find them, the area was in low resolution and i wasn’t sure about their location!
However, not even a snowflake this December in Paris…and the town looks also a bit sad, because there are not many Christmas decorations like in the past years, and it looks like they didn’t care too much about the organization like they usually do.
But I’m going to spend Christmas holidays in Italy with some friends (yay!), and I hope to find somthing better than here!
P.S. do you have summer-christmas decorations in town?