We meet at the Ballpark at Gillies Bay at 10:00am
Last week the rains continued in record volumes on several days and it seemed only natural to pay another visit to Stromberg Falls near Davie Bay. It was a dull day, but dry and without wind so really quite pleasant for hiking. We parked at the usual spot and crossed the old logging road bridge which now consists of slowly rotting logs in a parlous state and were surprised the water level was not a bit higher. However, the falls were roaring down with two of the three sections in full flow and lots of water coming out of the cave. Returning to the main trail we then hiked up to see how things looked at Grow-0p Creek and it was no surprise to find the normally dry overflow channel to be in full flood. Evidently the cave system was only able to take in a small percentage of the flow coming down from the high ground. By the way both Balanced Rock Lake and Mystery Lake are in the catchment area of this important creek.
On this visit to the area I was able to find a higher location in the forest where I could get a fairly decent photograph of the higher part of the falls and I have that as my photo for the week. It shows the top of the cliff where the water is flowing out of a large pool on a ledge and just a glimpse of the thirty foot waterfall that drops from the top of another cliff above that. On the right of the picture you can just make out the wider of the three sections which is often the only section with water coming down when the creek is not in flood. Before lunch we climbed to a mossy bluff much higher up on the hill side and sat to eat close to the route the creek takes down a series of rapids and falls in a relatively open part of the forest.
JD.
A view of Stromberg Falls from a higher location in the forest.
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