Morong Falls Photo Walk 9 – 11 January 2017

Back in October 2016, I had joined David Hufton for a photographic trip to Box Creek Falls on the Boyd Plateau. David was keen to return to photograph Morong Falls, another waterfall in the granite area on the Plateau. I joined him for the trip.

We initially drove along the Uni Rover Trail, but the road was quite rough – too rough for David’s small car. So we drove back to the Kowmung Fire Trail and then turn off along that for the Boyd River (Morong Creek) – and followed the other end of the Uni Rover Trail to the Boyd River. We parked just before the rail crosses Morong Creek and from there set off on foot. It was not far on the other side of the creek to the turn off to the Morong Falls Trail – and we set off along that. We continue past a barrier and soon arrived at a nice campsite at the end of the road. Morong Falls were only a few minutes below.

Before setting up camp, we headed down to the falls and enjoyed a nice swim in one of the pools above the main waterfall. Here Morong Creek tumbles down a series of small cascades. The whole area is very attractive – with some nice carved granite features in the creekbed and some granite tors higher up.

We spent a fair while photographing before heading back to the campsite.

It rained most of the night. Light rain, too light to put up the creek.

We spent a lazy second day – exploring the area for more photo locations. As it was a hot day, we spent a fair while swimming in the pool.

On the third day, we packed up early and walked back the hour or so to the car, arriving around 8:30. This was going to be an extremely hot day – and the early start was a very good idea.

I have some more photos online on my website here. Thanks to David Hufton for the suggestion for the trip and for the driving.