点评:What a difference some rain makes!
Last time I was here (2016, December) the place was as dry as a bone & there was barely a trickle over the famous falls which drop 90 metres into a lush rainforest valley below. It was hot, dry & a little uninspiring
Thankfully the Sunshine Coast had been gifted with plenty of rain in late 2024 & Kondalilla Falls was pumping and you could feel, see & smell the rejuvenating influence of the rain as we walked the Kondalilla Falls Circuit (4.8km). Everything just seemed so perfect & the plants & vegetation were thriving.
The water in the swimming hole was brown due to the gushing water but it was a perfect day of sun & blue skies so Ryan & I had a swim in the rock pool & it was amazing. We used to come here as kids & it never seems to change although the size of the falls always seemed larger as a kid. There were lots of people (and the carpark was chokkas) but most people just walk to the swimming hole & back, and we didn’t see many walkers on the circuit track
Afterwards we drove into Montville & had sweets at The Edge cafe - scones with jam & cream, carrot cake & tea & coffee with a view overlooking the Sunshine Coast!
翻译:一场雨能带来多大的不同!
我上次来这里的时候(2016 年 12 月),这里干得一塌糊涂,著名的瀑布上几乎没有一滴水,瀑布从 90 米高处落入下面茂密的雨林山谷。天气炎热、干燥,有点乏味
值得庆幸的是,阳光海岸在 2024 年末迎来了充足的降雨,康达利拉瀑布水位高涨,当我们沿着康达利拉瀑布环路 (4.8 公里) 行走时,您可以感受到、看到和闻到雨水带来的清新影响。一切看起来都那么完美,植物和植被都生机勃勃。
由于水流湍急,游泳池里的水呈棕色,但那天阳光明媚、天空蔚蓝,所以瑞恩和我在岩石池里游泳,感觉棒极了。我们小时候经常来这里,虽然小时候瀑布的大小似乎总是更大,但这里似乎从未改变过。那里人很多(停车场也挤满了人),但大多数人只是步行去游泳池再走回来,我们在赛道上没看到多少步行者
之后我们开车去了蒙特维尔,在 The Edge 咖啡馆吃了甜点——烤饼配果酱和奶油、胡萝卜蛋糕、茶和咖啡,还可以俯瞰阳光海岸!