Araulen Falls with the huge swimming hole

We grabbed the salt pots from our cabins and headed to the start of the 5.4km bushwalk which would take us past the 'Araulen Falls' to the ‘Wheel of Fire’ and back. With the luck we had been having with the weather it was absolutely no surprise to us when, just as we stepped out of the car, it started lashing it down with rain. We decided to plough on regardless, as we really wanted to do the walk and there wasn’t much else we could do indoors anyway. It is the worst feeling when your hair and clothes gradually get saturated with water, and we all were in a very sorry state trudging along the path totally drenched, dad with a towel round his head! It was such a shame because the Araulen Falls were stunning, with a huge shallow pool to swim in at the bottom. However, it doesn’t really put one in the mood to jump in and swim when a) it is raining and b) there are allegedly leeches about! We snatched a few photographs and carried on to the next waterfall.