Montezuma Falls & Second Stay at Tullah


Saturday morning, the 7th April we left Strahan and headed north through Zeehan. Just before Roseberry we took the road to Williamsford. It is a disused mining town and it is 6km off the main road and a fair bit of a climb. We had not collected enough information about it all really so we were in a bit of a flux about whether we should go up that road or to go on to Tullah, unhook and drive back and go to the carpark for Montezuma Falls. We were concerned that we may not be able to turn around. Anyway it turned out we did the right thing in the end. We saved ourselves a lot of time by going straight up to the old ghost town and leaving our rig there. We then walked down about 500 to 700 metres to the car park as that last stretch was pretty unsuitable for caravans.

The walk to the falls is an easy walk as it follows an old railway track which was used for mining. The tracks have been pulled up and there are no steps. But it is a decent walk as it is 9.6km return. These shots show one of the old original bridges.







The track goes through beautiful rainforest.






There is something about the cuttings of the track through the bends that are very attractive. The guys who cut the track back in the day only had picks, shovels, crow bars and wheelbarrows.




There are mine shafts right through the hills apparently. This one is right on the track itself.





This info board shows the old steam engine with its load of ore going on the bridge in front of the falls.






There is a suspension bridge in front of the falls, no overtaking. Very rickety. Try holding onto your camera and other gear while trying to take a photo. I was very careful as I did not want to lose my old canon that has long ago lost is hand strap.




Oh yes, the falls itself.





It was a good walk to the falls and back. We made it back to the van, scoffed down a late lunch sandwich and moved on. We did not have far to go. We climbed over Mount Black on leaving Roseberry and cruised down into Tullah. We stayed at Tullah on the 17th of February, ten days short of two months ago. It is a handy free camp with a nice view of the dam that comes through the town.





A fisherman and his wife came to shore with their boat from a days fishing. They had caught a beautiful big rainbow trout and two brown trout. They were very pleased with the rainbow trout and offered me the two brown trout. I learnt some time ago not to knock back such an offer and went straight down to chat to them. Tazzie folk are very nice.

Kind of looks like I caught them doesn’t it. That’s what I let them think on Facebook.




That night, guess what was for dinner. Linda cooked the trout beautifully and it was lovely. Two young girls from France pulled in to the camp site and inquired of us about camping there. Spoke to them and we offered the second brown trout to them which they gladly accepted. The poor things had run out of gas sometime ago and were only eating cold food. So Linda cooked up the trout for them. They appreciated the treat of a hot meal for a change.

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