We had encountered a few mobs of cattle on the roads today,
dodged some wallabies and seen one female Lyrebird retreating into the
rainforest, and there was one more mob of cattle at the turn onto Tia Diggings
Road, which took us back across to the Oxley Highway, through yet another mob
of road wandering cattle and past an abandoned-looking Tia Hall (but more cared
for little weatherboard Church), and then alongside the water-filled Tia River
(here just a smaller stream as it was not far from its headwaters).
Once we reached the Highway, we turned east to cross the Tia
River and travel back to the turn-off to Tia Falls, and on this dirt track we
had to pass through yet another mob of cattle (these were being herded up the
road).
We lunched at the Tia Falls Picnic Area before walking 1.3
kms return to lookouts over the Falls and the Gorge. These lovely Falls tumbled
in four sections, to continue to cascade through the narrow base of the deep
Gorge, and were flowing abundantly.
Then we walked the 5 km return Tiara Track,
linking to it via the Tia River Track, which edged the Gorge and gave us clear
views of sections of the Falls. The Tiara Track crossed the Tia River further upstream from
the Falls, and then followed a fire trail through open forest, until a side
foot-track took us further on to a lookout (Tiara View) over the full length of
the Falls and then another 1 km, crossing several gullies, to reach Tiara
Lookout, where we had a more distant view of the Falls, but views down to the
subsequent cascades and some more falls as the Tia River meandered its way
around rocky bends at the base of the deep Gorge. We returned to the car park
the same way we had come, and noticed that a number of people had set up in the
camping area, ready for the June Long Weekend.
Remember: To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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