Dripping Rock

Approaching Dripping Rock you are surrounded by a lush forest of Melaleucas.   The car park is at the top of the track and its a  short walk down from the carpark to the rock pool.  As you walk down there are many spectacular sights to take in, there are huge boulders dangling on their points and maiden hair fern grows prolifically amongst the rocks in the shady areas.

As you emerge from the trees you will be greeted by a spectacular half circle cliff rising up in front of you and a rock pool is at the base of this. When water is flowing, water would tumble from about fifty meters up over the edge cascading down into this pool. The cliff is sedimentary and this allows water to continually seep through the rock and this causes continuous  condesation.   This is why the name Dripping Rock for this beautiful place.

We walked down into the melaleuca forest with excitement, carrying out towels and picnic lunch we had prepared back at camp at Leards Forest.  Kathy, Bec and myself were all hot and dusty from the coal trucks beating the dust down our throats as they passed the camp at break neck speed.   We were looking forward to this cool refreshing change.    It was hard for me to not stop and photograph more.  

We explored the area thoroughly and  decided the leaches were way too large to swim happily in the rock pool or to frolic in the water for any length of time so we just sat and splashed ourselves in the mid day sunshine.   We were well shaded and protected where were.   We had some lunch and  talked about how we could stop the mining companies destroying such a wonderful and magical place as where we were sitting at that moment.  To comtemplate this was even traumatic.

I talked about clay licks and then two parrots came and sat and licked the rock above us way up high.  How fascinating is the universe when it gives you live examples just so swiftly as this.   We all made a solemn ask of the universe while we sat in the water here.   We simply said to the universe,  " We have asked and now our words will not return void,  Please end the mining that is clearly  for greed purposes on the planet, right now lets start with Australia, can we do this please, Stop the Mining now". 

That is what we said and all three agreed and that is what we sent out to the universe.  We felt that was a given in such a humbling place as where we were sitting cooling our toes.  The entire landscape was listening and watching our every move while we sat and talked.  I could feel the ancient spirits telling me to say it, to instigate the change in the spirit realm and bring it into the physical realm of existence where the mining is the problem.  The greed has gotten to a point that it is sickening and families are being destroyed for money.

Images @ Eminpee Fotography