Second trip of 2015! A quick jaunt up the Ure river to Sawcut Gorge and Isolation Hut.
We headed up the didymo infested river from Blue Mountain station, hitting the river after 10 minutes walking through the farm. The track to the gorge and hut is entirely along the river, and involves several river crossings. In January though, the river was low and gently flowing.
There are plenty of great swimming holes along the way (and friendly eels!), and it's a pretty scenic place to walk.
After about an hour's walk, we arrived at Sawcut Gorge. It's pretty spectacular and a very cool place to walk through.
A further hour up the river, we arrived at Isolation Creek Hut. It's a very tidy and well located hut and we had a great night there. Had the place to ourselves until a very attractive British man arrived to keep us company after dinner!
The next day we retraced our steps back out again! We made sure to clean our boots thoroughly to kill the didymo.
We headed up the didymo infested river from Blue Mountain station, hitting the river after 10 minutes walking through the farm. The track to the gorge and hut is entirely along the river, and involves several river crossings. In January though, the river was low and gently flowing.
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| Walking up the Ure River |
There are plenty of great swimming holes along the way (and friendly eels!), and it's a pretty scenic place to walk.
After about an hour's walk, we arrived at Sawcut Gorge. It's pretty spectacular and a very cool place to walk through.
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| Sawcut Gorge |
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| Sawcut Gorge |
A further hour up the river, we arrived at Isolation Creek Hut. It's a very tidy and well located hut and we had a great night there. Had the place to ourselves until a very attractive British man arrived to keep us company after dinner!
The next day we retraced our steps back out again! We made sure to clean our boots thoroughly to kill the didymo.
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| Isolation Creek Hut |
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