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Leader: Colin Walkers: John, Paul, Steve & Wendy, Christine D, Joe & Michelle, Joy, Margaret, Gary & Michele, Jackie, Christine J, Colin Distance: 15.1k
Fourteen walkers enjoyed a cool but beautiful sunny day viewing the spectacular Warrie Circuit.
We all met at Canyon Lookout to start the walk in sunny but cold conditions with a brisk wind which was chilling everyone. We decided quickly to get moving to try and warm up.
With fourteen walkers, the conversations were flowing thick and fast. So much so that I completely lost track of where were and missed the junction to the Pinnacle. I actually didn't realise until we had passed lower Ngarri-Dhum Falls (where we had our Smoko) by one kilometre.
A quick decision was made that we would continue on as back-tracking 2.0k and then making our way out the the Pinnacle and back was not feasible in the time available. It would be easier to make a the Pinnacle walk a dedicated event out and back from Tallanbana Picnic Area.
We now had a little extra time on our hands and put this to good use with longer stays to view all of the falls which were particularly beautiful with lots of extra water coming over with recent rains. Another quick decision was to go back by the Lower Twin Falls circuit. Here we passed lots of casual walkers out enjoying the sunshine. We passed behind Twin Falls taking lots of photos and it was definitely standing room only.
Quick coffees, milk shakes and hot chocolates at Springbrook as agin it was cooling down rapidly. A wonderful day and I have never seen so much water coming over the falls and thanks to the Rangers at Springbrook as the track itself was free of obstructions - Colin
Why does attentiveness to nature matter? In a very fundamental sense, we are what we pay attention to. Paying heed to beauty, grace, and everyday miracles promotes a sense of possibility and coherence that runs deeper and truer than the often illusory commercial, social "realities" advanced by mainstream contemporary culture. ... Our attention is precious, and what we choose to focus it on has enormous consequences. What we choose to look at, and to listen to--these choices change the world. As Thich Nhat Hanh has pointed out, we become the bad television programs that we watch. A society that expends its energies tracking the latest doings of the celebrity couple is fundamentally distinct from one that watches for the first arriving spring migrant birds, or takes a weekend to check out insects in a mountain stream, or looks inside flowers to admire the marvelous ingenuities involved in pollination. The former tends to drag culture down to its lowest commonalities; the latter can lift us up in a sense of unity with all life. The Way of Natural History, edited by Thomas Lowe Fleischner and published by Trinity University Press (Texas)
