by Biggles » Tue 17 Aug, 2021 12:01 pm
The drive to Meander Falls carpark is, from memory, quite enjoyable, though with a remote feeling to it. Many years ago, celebrating getting my first bomb through there, I attempted an early-Spring walk to the Falls but could not make good progress over the terrain with the clock ticking away. It certainly was not going to be an out-and-back / one day walk! Along the way one photographer by the name of Ted Mead ambled by. Meander Falls remains on my bucket list, along with Reynolds Falls. No time in the very near future unfortunately...
Liffey Falls is a long time favourite, along with The Spout (upstream, before the actual falls). I have driven the road in a) a beat-up Mitsubishi "Sopwith" Sigma of 1982 vintage (c. 1995 trip); b) Lexcen CSi (VP Commodore-cross) wagon (1996 — 3 days after the Port Arthur disaster) and in 2019, a supercharged VF Commodore wagon, which thought the surface was dishy enough for it to engage traction control and ESP. Might have been icy (8am in the morning; it certainly didn't look anywhere near as dodgy coming out.
“Is é comhrá faoin aimsir an tearmann deiridh ag an duine gan samhlaíocht.”
—Oscar Wilde, 1890.