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<\/a><\/p>\nThis was a perfect day for mushrooms and lichen.<\/p>\n Down off of the pass, we were once again walking through the rain forest.<\/p>\n The Arthur River was peaceful, but getting larger.<\/p>\n Which meant that we were once more crossing suspension bridges.<\/p>\n In the photo on the left below, notice how, as the river bed widens, a sand bar has formed. On the right is a section of the track that made me nervous. Although this is only about 40 feet above the river, the track is narrow, the rocks are wet, the footing is poor, and the water below was not very deep. Guess what, we all made it.<\/p>\n Here, is Mackay Falls. On the right is a plant with fruits that caught my eye.<\/p>\n About a mile before the end of the track, the valley narrows, presumably the rock is harder here, and the previously wide, placid Arthur River now begins to look like a kayaker’s dream.<\/p>\n The last mile of track is broad and flat, much like the first mile. And then we reach the end. By the way, Sandfly Point is aptly named.<\/p>\n<\/a>See the stakes with the red tops in the photo below. Those are to tell hikers where to put their feet when the water has risen up over the level of the path. We saw these setups on the second day and today. Fortunately, because the rain was light, we never saw water high enough that this was an issue. However, we were told that just four days before the water on this section of the trial was thigh high.
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