Lal Lal

 A Day out in Lal Lal

1st November 2021

 Lal Lal is home to the spectacular Lal Lal Falls - a name meaning ‘dashing of waters', as determined by the original Wuthaurung community inhabitants. The waterfall, particularly impressive after recent rainfall, is a great place to spend the day and visitors may wish to follow the trail through to the Moorabool Falls viewing platform. The park also boasts BBQ facilities, picnic tables, a playground and a number of walking trails.

We started our day with views across the gorge of Lal Lal falls 

We followed the Moorabool Falls walking track around  to Moorabool Falls, this walk is approximately 5.6 km return and winds through open paddocks with arrow posts every few hundred metres 

It was quite a hot day and with little shade the walk was a little unpleasant but luckily the views along the way made up for it 

We also saw our first snake on the way to the falls, Mason saw it to the side of the track and calmly said "Dad there is a snake there" 

Direct access to the falls is prohibited as the falls are on property managed by Central Highland Water as part of the Lal Lal catchment and can only be viewed from the platform

After walking the return track we drove around to Lal Lal Falls picnic area where there is a BBQ and playground, we cooked up some sausages for lunch and had a play

Then we took a short 200m walk to the viewing platform over Lal Lal falls

The walking track down to the base of the falls has been closed off after the deaths of two students in a rockfall in 1990, there is a monument to the side of the track to remember the children

Lal Lal is an interesting little place, we went for a drive to the Lal Lal iron mine and blast Furnace where there is also a camping ground that I wanted to look at but it is probably more suited for tents than caravans, from there is the walk to the Grave of the Shepherds Daughter which I would like to do sometime