Up very early to drive to Zebedee Hot Springs, we needed to be there early to be ahead of the tour buses. The track gate is opened at 7:00AM, we were there at 7:01AM yet there were five or so people ahead of us.
Zebedee Hot Spring
The spring water emerges from the bottom of a cliff into a series of small pools connected by small waterfalls. Ollie and Ems quickly found the top pool, which was empty, so we all got in.
We spent about 40 minutes in the pool before the first tour bus arrived. We walked down to the lower pool to get our shoes and found that it was now occupied by a heaving mass of bodies, and more were on the way up the path. The tour guide sat on a rock beside the pool, lit her cigarette and, with an air of detached boredom, watched her flock clamber over each other to reach an available spot or pass cameras back and forth for photos.
Back at the camp ground we had scrambled eggs and toast for Brunch then drove about 30 kms to Emma Gorge which belongs to El Questro Station.
Emma Gorge is magnificent! To reach it we walked for about 45 minutes beside and along the creek bed, the gorge gradually closing in as we progressed. The creek stops at a large deep pool fed by a 65 metre high waterfall. The pool is also fed by a hot water spring which we swam to.
After a couple of hours we headed back to El Questro. That evening I saw the gentleman from Melbourne and his wife relaxing outside their caravan. They smiled across at us and raised their glasses to a good day. The Triton looked OK, maybe a bit more knocked about but it didn’t seem to have lost any more parts.