Paths becoming rivers

Did we wake up at 6,15am to go see the sunrise and a waterfall? Yes.

Was it absolutely chucking it down? Yes.

Did we make it to the lookout for the sunrise? No, the road was closed.

Did we instead go see a waterfall? Yes.

Did we see the waterfall? Also no.

We decided there comes a time when you need to turn back. When the path to the waterfal is now a part of the river, that is the time.

Through the trees we could see the waterfall flowing, but there was no way we were getting closer. The rain had been falling for about 20hrs at this point, almost consistently, as a result it was very flooded.

We had a fun time getting back to the hostel as the roads were looking more like rivers aswell. Lots of grit pushed down by the rain caused a few sticky moments.

As a result we are thinking of leaving no later than 9am. We intended to let the others lie in until later but it looks like roads will be really bad soon. Two roads are already closed and we do not want to end up getting stranded.

Fingers crossed for the journey back out of the mountains and back to Melbourne.Read more