Butterfly Gorge is about 17km from Douglas Springs. It is named due to the common crow butterfly which takes shelter here, though we were here at the wrong time to see them in their masses, only inside finding the odd one or two. You can either swim to the main pool or take a track that winds up and gives you a view of the main pool. We decided to walk and what we found was a big pool surrounded by limestone cliffs but on the other side of the pool we could see a chasm with water cascading down and we decided to swim the main pool over to this chasm, climb the rocks and what we found was another little pool, climb some more rocks and another pool, and another and another. So in effect it was like layer upon layer of pools, it was quite a unique thing, when we reached to top pool it was actually as warm as bath water. We were the only ones there and the serenity was absolutely amazing. This gorge had been recommended to us by a passing traveller we met at one of the free camps we were at. We were not disappointed and so wished we had wet water camera. The photos would have been amazing.
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| The main pool |
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| creek crossing on the way back |
Getting back to camp we decided to go and check out the Douglas Hot springs, only about 100 metres walk from our campground. You can't actually swim in the hot springs as they reach temperatures of up to 60 degrees, but instead about 200 metres downstream you can still feel the warmth in the little pools and it is a lovely way to end the day.
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