Pencil Pine Rainforest & Dove Gorge

A lovely walk through mature pencil pine / myrtle rainforest, overlooking several waterfalls and on to Dove Gorge.
The walk began through Pencil Pine rainforest


through open plains of buttongrass

and on along the Cradle Valley Boardwalk

The 5.5km boardwalk meanders beside Dove River.

Cables and pipes beneath the timber decking deliver power and phone services into Cradle Valley and pump sewage and wastewater out of the valley.
The path steepens in sections to rise up to the top of Dove Gorge

The gorge is a 50 metre deep quartzite canyon.

Beyond the gorge are several waterfalls, including Kenyet Falls and Pencil Pine Falls


Some of the details of the walk were just as impressive
The toadstalls:

The Lichen

The local Pandemelon

and a beautiful Dragonfly



The walk back gave us a good chance to view the wombats

Later that evening we enjoyed another beautiful sunset over Dove Lake