Twin Falls Hike

Big day today. Took too many photos so going to have to split this one into two.

Another early start to avoid the worst of the heat during the day. We were out of the campground by 7.30am and headed to Twin Falls. The road to get there was proper 4wd material, with big ruts, massive muddy puddles, and a river crossing. We navigated the obstacles successfully and arrived at the Twin Falls carpark.

We set off by 8.30am on what was listed as a 4-6h difficult hike. The start was very steep with lots of boulder scrambling to get to the top of the cliff. After 30 minutes or so we were at the top and it got significantly easier. We were pretty thankful to be doing this early in the morning. Another hour later and we made it to the top of Twin Falls.

The view was epic. There were about three tiers of rock ledges to get to the bottom, and it was hard to take a photo that showed the scale of the place. There wasn't any water going over as it was right in the middle of the dry season. The bright red and coppery rocks had been worn smooth and honestly looked like they were from a movie set.

We spent a bit of time taking photos and just enjoying the magnitude of the place.

We explored a little further and found a couple of puddles and ponds. Figuring that a crocodile would have to be pretty intrepid to climb up the falls, Jamie paddled his feet in the water while Nathan went full kiwi, stripped to his boxers, and soaked himself in the 2ft deep water.

We moved further upstream, and Nathan went for a paddle in another little pool. He couldn't quite persuade anyone else to get in, but enjoyed it anyway.

On our way back down to the car we spotted a bush fire in the distance, and enjoyed checking out a few cool rock formations. Time for a bite to eat before heading to the next spot.Læs mere