On Tuesday, after a fair bit of rain the week before, we went off to explore Currowan Creek where it runs through Currowan State Forest. Apparently, there are some high falls on Currowan Creek further north in Budawang National Park, but these are very infrequently visited.
Currowan Creek rises high up under Mount Budawang and runs south then east to eventually join the Clyde River upstream of Nelligen. Most of the time, it is a small stream and easy followed along the bank.
After a very wet spring, the creek was running high with many, many deep pools and swift currents. We were unable to follow along the bank as the water level was just too high so ended up side-hilling along steep banks through verdant, spiky, and altogether too tall and too thick greenery that has grown up after the bushfires.
Travel was slow, and fording the creek at one point required us stripping off to the waist. On the way back we were fortunate to find a tremendous natural log bridge to cross back over the creek.
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