Tasmania 2024 / Pt 7 - Mount Field National Park Waterways, Beautiful Gordon Dam

[@Nottravelling]

Beautiful country. Thanks for showing us around.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks.

[@JulieNewlands]

Love this video. Thanks Mick and Sally ❤

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Thanks Julie, glad you enjoy what we are showing. Keep posting those photo from down your way, just love the green grass and blue water with a cute dog in the foreground.

[@cbeuck5024]

Another interesting vlog💙- more reminiscing💙- and places we missed. Happy Travels-Adventures. Stay safe💙Maybe raid the piggy bank and stay longer🙂 Thanks Jan &K

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

It would be nice to stop here longer but unfortunately we have commitments back on the mainland, like you thinking though🙂

[@wendingourway]

So many amazing sights to see. One of those places that are on my "must see" list! Awesome!!

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Tassie has so much to see and all withing a short distance from the previous location, so beautiful.

[@louisebrislane6607]

When you arrived at the Russell Falls I had a sudden strong cool whiff of the air & it refreshed me, so yes, 'smellowvision!!' When I visited it - it was late November & much damper than when you were there & a lot more water coming over the top, so a reminder of how absolutely beautiful Tasmania is, I am so enjoying this trip with you & wish I could be there again in person so I will repeat the videos once my eyes are better. You had me leaning back in my chair & holding the edge of the table when you did the Gordon River dam wall!! There is no way I would have done it, I don't mind heights but I HATE going down steep inclines like that as my head starts swimming. I could never walk across that wall. I had enough problems walking over wider walls on dams. I had the same reaction when I went up to the top of the bluff at Stanley. My dad had to tell me when we had arrived at the bottom so I could open my eyes to get off the lift. I'm worse as I age but still had the same problem when young. I used to walk over our roof quite happily but boy did they have trouble getting me down over the edge!! 🤣🤣🤣 Well I am looking forward to your next port of call!! Boy are you going to enjoy Port Arthur when you get there - I loved, loved the place & it takes two days to see it all... I will be sorry when it all comes to an end as I am sure you will too!!

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

As much as we can say we have enjoyed our time here, we do wonder what it would be like with much more water about. More water would possibly reduce the amount of sunny days that we have been lucky enough to see but we can't have everything. I have a great fear of heights but the Gordan Dam wall was ok if I didn't look at things with the wrong viewing angle.

[@dennisfromoz6436]

😳 OMG...200 steps down...200 steps back up...Struth, I'd be very inclined to have said the "Damned Wall" ha ha ha Needless to say more, as am sure you pair of hardened trekkers have aged in reverse...tackling those obstacles for us so merrily...Thanks heaps. Am so very grateful (pardon my earlier remarks) with your video content of superb scenery and commentary. If you keep this standard up Tassie authorities will ban you as we wanna be travelers stay in our armchairs... Cheers Sally & Mick...Love your efforts guys...thanks.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Thanks Dennis, those stairs sure do get the heart pumping. Hope you are enjoying a nice coffee or similar while you are enjoy the viewing🙂

[@dryroo]

simply stunning! we really enjoyed wandering and meandering around that area too. It would be so easy to revisit

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

It really is and not as difficult to see and do as some of us at time think.

[@Romeo-kp8tc]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing, Mt Field, remember camping in a tent, beside water , rained all night , leaky tent , woke up swimming, Spent all morning in Hobart drying everything, That was 1978, Enjoyed vid, Cheers Bevan 🤠🦘🇦🇺,

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Your experience at the time would have been devastating but it now gives you something different to look at, things like that create memories never to be forgotten. 👍👍

[@brentonl2631]

Some more stunning Tas, thanks for the in-depth information on the Mt Field water Falls now prepared for some steps. Really enjoyed this video will be there now in just 15 days and again very helpful. Travel safe.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Thanks, hope you have a great time there.👍

[@dougkruse1301]

Another really interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

You are welcome, thank you👍

[@debbieswan1951]

Gordon dam an amazing man made engineering feat

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Incredible what man can create, sometimes a creation from many years ago seems to outlast one that was made only yesterday. All $$ driven.

[@akcellr8r75]

Absolutely love the series of videos your showing of Tasmania and it's awesome attractions.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Good to hear that you are enjoying them, thank you.

[@annagray4208]

Most enjoyable again. It's such a magic state.Thank heaps.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Glad you enjoyed it, there is so much to see over here.

[@helenverrall2892]

As usual great episode, makes us want to go back.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Tassie gets into the veins after a while.

[@minik1971]

Great videos. I once got a ride to the bottom of the Gordon Dam, amazing perspective looking up. I'm local but still enjoy your videos of this great state.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

That would be so great to be able to go to the bottom, how awesome indeed.

[@karenfrench4094]

We’re experiencing a drought in some parts and is clearly evident as Mt Field is generally lush and green. Sad to see Russell Falls so ‘empty’ as it’s quite spectacular when there’s rain. The tree seems to have rotted and fallen. Mt Field had been a family destination since so was a kid (I’m now 62) and the changes have been astounding. Definitely not the serene tranquil park it once was. Like a lot of our famous parks they’re loved to death 😢

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Interesting to read your comment about being loved to death, so often that happens to areas that are special. Seeing Tasmania in a dry spell is possible better than seeing it for the first time during an above average season which would perhaps leave us with a false impression. Hoping that things soon get back to normal for the Island.

[@cherylrayes8015]

Well long while since Ive been out that way. How times change, I have photos of our friends and us and all our kids all standing across Russel falls. Only bush tracks back then and 3 of those kids are now 50 or over 😂 looks like youre having a lovely trip. Cheers Cheryl

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

It is a credit to the National Parks of Tasmania and anyone else that is responsible for all of the infrastructure that has been put into place to allow the tourist to get into a lot of locations to view such wonderful sights.

[@katleenmstut4622]

When visiting Tasmania and the Russell Falls ( in 2009) at the same time of the year, the Falls were the full width of the rocks. So twice the width of your experience.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

That would have been something special to see.

[@Tassiephotographer]

Gordon dam is predominantly at least 25 to 30 metres below full, I don’t think I’ve ever seen it full aside from when it was first built. Hydro always run that one pretty hard, it’s one of tasmanians main dams.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

Until this trip, we never thought about how much water levels were effected by hydro.

[@Tassiephotographer]

@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 sadly they work some of the dams harder than others, since power has been exported to the mainland for big dollars they tend to run the bigger dams hard and lower, Great Lake is another one they keep well below capacity, after our dryer than normal summer they are all getting pretty low.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

@@Tassiephotographer I wasn't aware that Tasmania exported power to the mainland.

[@Tassiephotographer]

@@justcruisinwithmicksally837 yes have done for many years, they call it Basslink, an under sea cable that comes ashore near Georgetown on the north coast and goes to somewhere on the Victorian coast.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

@@Tassiephotographer Cheers, thanks for that👍

[@Guvna947]

did you stop in Maydena? So you didn't stop at the bitumen bones monument where you could park a van?

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

We stopped at most places that caught our eye that allowed room to pull over. We have not heard of the location Maydena, but can recall seeing the Bitumen Bones Monument. There was a pull over area just prior to the monument from memory where we did stop to view the area.

[@aussiebloke7335]

The dead trees look like they have either white rot or brown rot, It is a fungus that removes the structural capacity of the wood. White rot leaves the wood soft like a dry rot that is easily compressed between the fingers, and brown rot feels like a biscuit, brown rot attacks the cellulose and white rot attacks the lignin and the cellulose, some trees have what looks like half an upside down pie growing from them, these are called conks, they are the fruiting body of the fungus, its all-natural for trees in the higher rainfall areas.

[@justcruisinwithmicksally837]

It was something different to look at that is for sure, thanks for the info.👍