Good morning Dorrigo! A crimson rosella on the lawn outside our accommodation.

Griffiths Lookout – view south from the Dorrigo Plateau

The Dorrigo Skywalk Lookout is perched off the edge of the escarpment with views across the national park to the coast.

A walking track in Dorrigo’s sub-tropical rainforest.

What the …? Who put this tree on my mound!!!!!!!?

Crow’s Nest Ferns (Asplenium australasicum)

A suspension bridge crosses a creek at Crystal Shower Falls – the track nearby was closed by a landslide.

Inside the overhang cave behind the falls

Giant stinging tree – it was good to see these magnificent trees which are one of the tallest trees in the canopy. The pain from their sting can last for weeks. I grew one in the 1980s in my rainforest revegetation plot in a large backyard backing onto a creek so I know its sting well.

Grey shrike-thrush in The Glade at Dorrigo

Walk with the Birds track includes an elevated walkway to see birds at all layers with the rainforest.

Fruit of the Stinging Tree also known as Gympie Gympie.

The Waterfall Way leads from the plateau to Bellingen. It passes two waterfalls on the way down the mountain; this one is Sherrard Falls, the one below is Newells Falls.

A lot of controlled burns were being conducted west of Grafton.

The Clarence River at Grafton.

A break from old country pubs for our evening meal – dinner at Sassafras, a family favourite at Yamba.