Camping at Dingo Tops

We recently had the pleasure of spending a few days camping at Dingo Tops, which is right next to Tapin Tops National Park north-west of Wingham.  It is a really beautiful area, with lots of towering trees in a semi-rainforest ecosystem.

We camped at Dingo Tops rest area, and were pleased to have the place mostly to ourselves.  

There are a couple of trails leading straight out of the campsite.  There are also some old forestry relics, including a steam engine and a horse drawn grader.

 I took so many photos looking up trying to capture the magnificence of these huge trees, but of course the photos don't really capture their size and beauty sufficiently. 

 This funghi? was growing out of a fallen tree.  It was bigger than a dinner plate and quite hard.  The top was rippled and lined but the underside was super smooth.

 

The 360 degree view at Blue Knob was amazing, and even more stunning from the top of the old fire tower, if you were brave enough to climb the partly broken ladder to get up there.

 It was also quite cold...

 Next we drove across to Ellenborough Falls near Elands.  Once again the photo doesn't do it justice as these falls are very impressive.

 We descended all 641 steps to see the falls from the bottom.  The climb back up was hard work!

 As if our legs hadn't worked hard enough with all those steps at the Falls, the next day we trekked up the steep walk to Rowleys Rock.  The view was just as stunning as at Blue Knob.

 Then a bit of off-road driving to finish off our weekend.