The Scenic Route Home – Part 1

After the Trunkey Show we decided to take a bit of a detour on the way home.  No new roads, but ones we haven’t travelled for quite a while.

Firstly, we drove around the village of Trunkey Creek, which has its origins in mining days in the mid 1800s.

The local church.

This old, abandoned house is a local landmark.

Another church, which hasn’t fared too well.  All the doors and windows have been removed.  I found some photos I’d taken on Australia Day back in 2008 and the windows and doors were intact back then.  I hope they are just being done up.

This cottage dates back to the village’s early days.

If you look closely near the front door you can see that underneath the weather boards there is the original wattle and daub construction.

Our detour took us south towards Goulburn, past the turn off to Abercrombie Caves, onto the dirt road and then we turned off onto a minor road towards Burraga.

Our first stop on the way home was Grove Creek Falls.  It’s been quite a few years since we have been here.

It was so nice to have plenty of time to just mosey around, looking at the flora.  There was so much lichen on some of the old cypress pines.

Look how gnarly it is.

There were lots of little wildflowers.

 

 

Even the grasses were pretty.

Eventually I headed down the path.

It is rather harsh countryside and trees hang on wherever they can.

Of course, Mick was already down at the end enjoying the scenery.

It is a long way down to the falls and they go a long way down.  Rather stunning and unexpected.  The best thing was that there was plenty of water rushing down Grove Creek.

Now, to put things in perspective, the last time we were here it was with a Historic Car Club camping weekend at Abercrombie Caves. Grove Creek runs through the caves.  It was in the middle of the drought years. In the afternoon, a group of us went for a walk along the creek, which was nearly dry.  We walked all the way to the falls and ended up sitting on the edge of the top of the water falls.  Unfortunately, I can’t find the photos just at the minute. It is certainly a long way down from that perspective.

Anyway, today we only had to walk back up to the car park, much easier than having to walk all the way back to the caves.

More of your detour to come.