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  Well after yesterday , what will today hold for us ?? Barrington Tops was pretty good , so how will Gloucester Tops fare ??

  A slower start to the day , but we got going checking out the Buccan Buccans on the way out from the sportsground park , then a bit closer .

 The Gloucester River is our companion today with lots of spots for photo’s to be taken , these are just a few .

A similar drive to yesterday , 6 causeways to cross , farmland giving way to dense untouched forests , and one continuous climb up the mountain to Gloucester Tops .

Today we went to the end of the road to the river walk - the upper reaches of Gloucester River - the walk took you alongside but up above the river , access to the river wasn’t there .

 Snowgums are predominate on the plateau areas but there are other trees as well - some of which have the most interesting bark .

  There are a few flowering plants - very small flowers , these being not much bigger than 5mm across .

 Scribbly gums are here as well , love the patterns - some of the bugs had a lot to say !!

  Gloucester Falls was a pleasant surprise , I had to scamper down a track to the edge of the river to get to see it though , as the lookout was obscured by the trees below now getting too high and blocking the view . 

 Further around is Andrew Laurie Lookout , looking back to the east .

 It was a completely different day today , the temperature was higher and the walk was quite warm untill we got around to the lookout - the cool southerly breeze coming up from down below was a welcome relief . 

 Back to the ute , we headed back to the Beech Forest Walk - there were 2 options - a short walk for about 30 mins or the 1.5hr version , we chose the short walk . The Antarctic Beech trees were taller here , but not as dense as yesterday , the ground was carpeted in ferns & tree ferns , parrots , wrens & fantails were going about their business not really worried by us .

 After a few hundred metres we came across a stream , it flowed down over the moss covered rocks in 2 separate streams - straight off a postcard !! Absolutely beautiful !!

 Dragging ourselves away , we completed the walk , what a magnificient place - somewhere I would recommend to everyone to see . we got back to the ute and drove home completely satisfied with our short visit to Barrington & Gloucester Tops - definitely worthy of it’s World Heritage Listing .

Here’s a map link :- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DDfrR9gzb0KowZ05OaNavjWyggod6bc3&usp=sharing