The Shire Forest Loop (Stutterheim)

First River Bridge

Bridge over water

Trail foot path

Turn off the vehicle track

Fallen log

On the Path

Mushrooms on dead tree

Growing on the right side of the path (ascending)

Bracket Fungus

Growing in a clearing

Cicada on tree

Camouflaged and shot at 10x and 26x zoom

Trail Marker

Red and Yellow Route marker

Knobwood

On the path

Yellow Fungus and Knobwood

Growing on a fallen tree

River crossing

On the way up, easy to traverse tall yellowood to the left

Small double waterfall

At the confluence near the river crossing

River crab

On the path near the river

Intersection at the Vehicle road

End of the single track and on to the Vehicle forest path

Forest flower

Purple to white growing in clearings, trees and embankments

Entering Bluegum plantation

Moving from the Indigenous forest into gum plantation

Tall yellowood rising above the canopy

Looking to the right through the gum trees

Moss covered boulders

On the right after entering Indigenous forest again.

Path through the lemonwoods

Path to the lemon wood fores

Lemonwood forest turnoff

The route to lemonwood forest and rock climbing

Rock climbing

Last sign before we lost the path

Lemonwood Atrium forest

A large fern clearing under giant lemonwoods

Salmon Fungus

Growing on a dead log

Pines at the intersection

Through the pines

Vista through the pines

The town below

Home and Lemonwood Signs

The directions on the trees

Old Man's beard on yellow wood tree

The moss hanging from the trees

Road Bends through the forest

U bend in the road

Small Brown Mushroom

Growing out of dung

Forest flower

In the forest

Shire Signpost

Exit back to the Shire

The door out of the forest

The Shire Eco Lodge and Camping Accommodation

The Shire Eco Lodge and Camping

Trail Starts/ Ends

Start and End trail at the Shire