The Trowutta Arch was formed from limestone being eaten away, and two sinkholes forming. It’s also a very old area of rainforest, and some of the tree ferns must be at least 600 years old.
As the Tarkine is quartzite, there is a lot of limestone around, and many sinkholes. One is beside the road, and is very black so the reflections make it so serine. We saw a kookaburra there.
Lake Chisholm is a beautiful sinkhole in the midst of tall trees.
At Julius River, none of the sinkholes are flooded, but they are all full of moss and tree ferns.
During the day we visited the Tayatea Bridge and the Kanunnah Bridge which both cross the Arthur River a long way upstream from where the boat chugged yesterday.
Milkshake Hills had been closed since the 2016 fires. The rainforest had been badly burnt. I was intrigued that the tree ferns had survived the fires while the trees hadn’t.
The second walk at Milkshake Hills was over the button grass and up to the top. It was fantastic looking over the hills of natural vegetation.
We saw the button grass plains again at the Dempster Lookout. This was another area that was burnt in 2016.
The Sumac Lookout overlooks the Arthur River and the surrounding forest.
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