Not having an off-road 4×4 vehicle to smash through BF Goodrich shaped mud-holes television advertisement style, meant I had to begin the Allambee Beek Falls circuit walk on the corner of Curtis Track and Benwerrin-Mt Sabine Rd. I worked my way through the mud-holes along the Curtis Track until I found the pink ribbons marking the entry point into the dank Otway undergrowth with a false forest floor of fallen mountain ash bark, clammy head-high spider webs that are easily torn with a outwardly held forearm and abrasive fern fronds that have the potential to rip skin from elbow joints. On this circuit I stumbled upon two tiger snakes; one was coiled on the centre of the trail (easy to spot but as soon as I took my eyes off it, it silently disappeared), the other was suspended in the grass across the trail (not so easy to spot with the banding of its skin).
I first reached Staircase Falls which had a large tree extending back up over the waterfall from a log jam at its base adding an altered sense of scale to the scene. After a couple of slippery creek crossings I then reached Allambee Beek Falls, taking a photograph away from the plunge pool at its base for context. On the banal return ascent along Curtis Track I was rewarded with some Jesus Beams. Amen to that…
