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Adamsons Falls is a very tall waterfall nestled in the remote forests of Southern Tasmania past the Hastings Caves. The falls is actually far taller than what is shown above, but there's so much foliage and steep terrain that it's too difficult to get a clean photo of the whole waterfall.Getting to this waterfall is very difficult. First, you have to drive past the Hastings Caves and take the spur on Chesterman Rd, where you follow a rough, narrow logging road riddled with downed trees and potholes. Once you're at the car park, you must then hike 4-5 hours on a track that is very muddy, leech infested, slippery, and very overgrown. In fact this waterfall is so overgrown that the linking track to Creekton Falls is just about completely overgrown (making it very difficult to follow to all but the most hardy bushwhackers). Despite Mother Nature being on the verge of reclaiming this track, we were quite appreciative of the degree of trail maintenance that went on considering the circumstancees. For example, there are wooden stepping blocks in the muddiest spots, colored ribbons acting as trail markers for detours around fallen trees or parts where the track is ill-defined, and even foot holds in steep places. But I reckon the most important aspect of following this track is to look very carefully for those strategically placed colored ribbons because I'm not sure we'd be able to navigate through this rough track without them. If you want to capture the entire scene in a photo while at the end of the track (which ends between two big waterfalls), you'll need a wide angle lens (see above photo).
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The lower cascade just below the main tier
The muddy track
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