The Cascades and Tolmer falls.

Last night I could hear a bird flapping from tree to tree above my tent. It would take off, fly to another tree and then there would be panicked chirping. I think it was attacking other birds. After a few minutes it would do it again. This national park is super noisy at sunrise and sunset. It is mostly birds.

This morning I went down to the Cascades. They are about 10km back the way I came. It was a 1.5km walk along a creek and up over some rocks. I saw a little Goanna on the trail which wasn't that exciting. It was light black (so grey) with no markings which differentiates it from all the other goanna I've seen.

The cascades were pretty and the water was nice but not as enjoyable to swim at as Wangi Falls. They are what the name suggests, a series of small waterfalls. I only went to the bottom ones. The ones up the top were accessible by a different 2km path and I figured they'd look pretty similar to the bottom ones.

After that I went around to Tolmer Falls. I was hoping I could swim there but the creek is tiny and the waterfall drops down into a massive gorge that you can't get down to. I went on a loop walk that nobody else was on and managed to lose the trail. I went down where I thought it went and ended up standing at the top of the waterfall, which was really cool.

There is a cool natural bridge across the gorge. The water was a trickle to my right. 

I wandered back and found the path again. Not far along was a sign saying walking where I'd been was prohibited. There were a couple of losers who had really ignored the sign and climbed up this rocky hill to get sexy lady selfies for instagram.

In fairness I started to go up there too but when I saw them coming down I realised it was a bit of a climb and I was carrying a bunch of stuff.

After that I came back to Wangi Falls for a swim and finished my book.

Tomorrow I'm going to go to Buley's Rockhole. Apparently it is a series of swimming holes and I've been told it is fantastic. It is about 30km away. I'm half thinking of riding to Batchelor and setting up camp, then riding back for the day. I'm really low on (nice) food and the water has to be boiled before drinking. Batchelor is the nearest town, about 50km past Buley's.

While the uploads seem to be working, here is a photo of Wangi Falls.

It doesn't look that great, but for a sense of scale, there are at least 15 people in this photo.