Ampitheatre & Moss Garden

A short walk down the main track from Wards Canyon is our next stop, Amphitheatre.

As we approach, a narrow slit above a tall series of metallic stairways appears and we realise, this is the place Indiana Jones went missing...

So we climbed the steps and the view back from where we came was a lush oasis with tall raking palms silhouetting the crystal blue sky.

We enter the narrow slit which was a tall 100m long cavern leading to an impressive 60m deep chamber gouged from the rock by running water.

The towering stone walls and natural skylight create an awe-inspiring atmosphere within.

There are benches to sit and take it all in so we take one each and lie down to view the skylight above.

After that humbling experience, we made our way to our final stop, Moss Garden. There’s a small waterfall here over a rock ledge into an icy pool and water is dripping constantly from the sandstone, sustaining a lush green carpet of Mosses, ferns and liverworts.

See my slo-mo video which captures the water droplets dripping from the Moss. Yes you can use it for your slow down therapy!

We head back to Takarakka for a well deserved “home made ginger beer and ginger biscuits”.

Had to get that in as I remember reading The Famous Five as a kid and the description of food/treats always sounded delicious.Read more