We ended up spending three nights at Julius River because it was just so nice. The ranger, Warren, came around everyday for a chat and brought the newspaper for us to keep up with news of the floods in Queensland. There was also quite a storm through here last night which brought down lots of trees and blocked some of the roads. He was out with his chain saw making sure we could get out today. Lovely guy, loves his job and doesn't look like retiring anytime soon, he's 66 now.
We tried to take a back road to Mawbanna from South Forest to enjoy a different route but got within 12km and had to turn back due to the road being flooded at Black River, a tight area to turn around in when you're towing 23 feet and being followed by a motor home.
We finally made it to Dip Falls at about 4 this afternoon and were greeted by huge roaring falls. We got Erin to stand near the bottom for a photo and she was nearly drenched from the spray. I'll have to buy a postcard to see what the falls normally look like because you're supposed to be able to see volcanic rock formations and at the moment we can't see anything for the massive waterfall.
We have been free camping in the picnic areas of the reserves with no problems and have actually been joined by others camped in "swish bangs" (for those who don't know what a swish bang is, they are the campers with the sliding side doors that go swish…bang in the wee hours of the morning, also known as wiz bangs).
I hope this finds all those who are near the floods, or may have family affected, safe and well and out of harms way, our thoughts are with you.
