Six FOGGs members met at the Dead Bullock Falls camping ground on Roses Gap Road. Present were Will and Proo, Alison, Rodney and Jan-Bert and Mabel. We followed the very pretty creek with numerous small waterfalls until we reached the first escarpment where a large waterfall dropped into a sandy pond. From here we followed the southern branch of the stream up two further escarpments and passed two more very beautiful high waterfalls. From the third escarpment we could have walked to Mount Difficult to the south, however we chose to walk to the north and climbed further to reach a lovely little cave perched above a spectacular rock wall. We ate our lunch here before returning to the cars following the northern arm of the creek back past further water falls.
Unfortunately the area had been very badly burnt during the fire but it was lovely to see the large variety of small plants which were re-establishing themselves. Early in the walk the ground was covered with a mat of ‘running postman’ which was just starting to come into flower.
We were all pleased that it seems the Parks are thinking of opening this walk up for the general public, and believe it will become a very popular walk in the northern Grampians. It provides a new way to access both Mount Difficult and Briggs Bluff or simply as a shorter walk to enjoy the numerous waterfalls, rock formations and vegetation.
Proo