Leaving the known world Wherever the Central Plateau – that rocky shield which occupies much of the centre of Tasmania, dips down towards the sea, you are likely to find spectacular gorges and waterfalls. I had already seen some of the more famous ones – Liffey Falls, Meander Falls and Westmoreland Falls, but there was a whole clutch of them in the hinterland behind Ulverstone which I had never heard of before. Passing through evocatively named farming communities such as Promised Land, Paradise and No Where Else, I eventually came to the Leven Canyon Road and then continued on through Upper Castra to Nietta. It is in the rich soils of these foothills, that much of Tasmania’s produce is grown. Top of Silver Falls There are four waterfalls here on a track originally put in by Forestry Tasmania, but which had fallen into disrepair. In 2013 volunteers resuscitated it and put up track notes at the start, but three years on, some of the flagging tape had d...
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