Christmas at Liffey Falls
We finally found our spot for Xmas, near the Liffey Falls, at the foot of the Great Western Tiers. We arrived on a very rainy day, but when we walked through the beautiful rainforest to the nearby Falls, the rain seemed entirely appropriate. After a few days of rain, we were a bit over soggy, but we coped!
Our trailer was right next to the Liffey River, and the first night as we sat and Tim wondered whether he could fish for trout from where he sat, he saw a platypus, the first one I’ve ever seen in the wild, which was very exciting.
We had a fantastic time at Liffey, we shared it only with one other, very nice, family from Queensland who had spent the last few Christmases at the same spot, and a more mysterious woman on her own who seemed to be escaping Xmas entirely.
Xmas day was absolutely freezing cold, literally freezing above 800/900m where it was snowing. So of course we went in search of snow, and didn’t have to drive very far up the side of the mountain to find it! It was blowing in over the Central Plateau, and when we got up to 1200m it was insanely winter. We laughed about it for hours, just kept looking at each and cracking up. And as I’ve said to so many people since then ‘I’ve had Christmases in winter in the UK where it didn’t snow and it is summer in Tassie and its snowing!’ Mental!
We spent so long frolicking in the snow that it was late afternoon by the time we got back, and breakfast was a long time ago. So not only did we experience snow, we were also RAVENOUS for much of the afternoon, something that doesn’t happen on Xmas day very often. When we finally got to it, we did have a lovely meal of Atlantic salmon and hot vegies, accompanied by a bottle of Riesling from the Clare Valley and a beautiful bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon that my folks had given us and had travelled with us all the way from home.
We stayed at Liffey for 7 days in the end, had loads of walks in the amazing rainforest - which we absolutely love, and went exploring higher up near the bluffs in the tall eucalypt forests and scree covered slopes.
Our trailer was right next to the Liffey River, and the first night as we sat and Tim wondered whether he could fish for trout from where he sat, he saw a platypus, the first one I’ve ever seen in the wild, which was very exciting.
We had a fantastic time at Liffey, we shared it only with one other, very nice, family from Queensland who had spent the last few Christmases at the same spot, and a more mysterious woman on her own who seemed to be escaping Xmas entirely.
Xmas day was absolutely freezing cold, literally freezing above 800/900m where it was snowing. So of course we went in search of snow, and didn’t have to drive very far up the side of the mountain to find it! It was blowing in over the Central Plateau, and when we got up to 1200m it was insanely winter. We laughed about it for hours, just kept looking at each and cracking up. And as I’ve said to so many people since then ‘I’ve had Christmases in winter in the UK where it didn’t snow and it is summer in Tassie and its snowing!’ Mental!
We spent so long frolicking in the snow that it was late afternoon by the time we got back, and breakfast was a long time ago. So not only did we experience snow, we were also RAVENOUS for much of the afternoon, something that doesn’t happen on Xmas day very often. When we finally got to it, we did have a lovely meal of Atlantic salmon and hot vegies, accompanied by a bottle of Riesling from the Clare Valley and a beautiful bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon that my folks had given us and had travelled with us all the way from home.
We stayed at Liffey for 7 days in the end, had loads of walks in the amazing rainforest - which we absolutely love, and went exploring higher up near the bluffs in the tall eucalypt forests and scree covered slopes.
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