FRIDAY 17 - SUNDAY 19.2.2012: On the way back to Stanley (one of our favourite haunts), we stopped at the Tarkine Forest Adventure at Dismal Swamp. This is a 600-hectare blackwood 'polje' (pol-ya), a special type of sinkhole and the only one of its kind in the world. A sinkhole is a sign on the earth's surface of an underground world of caves and streams. The swamp is at the bottom of the sinkhole, surrounded by steep walls formed 
over thousands of years by dissolving rocks known as dolomite. You have the option of taking a 15 second "slide" down to the bottom of the sinkhole - we did consider it, but decided that the old girl's (Sybil's that is), metal joints may not be up to the challenge! SO, we walked all the way down and back up again!
over thousands of years by dissolving rocks known as dolomite. You have the option of taking a 15 second "slide" down to the bottom of the sinkhole - we did consider it, but decided that the old girl's (Sybil's that is), metal joints may not be up to the challenge! SO, we walked all the way down and back up again! |
| THE SLIDE INTO THE SINKHOLE |
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| "LIVING ROOM" - SIMON ANCHER |
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| "LOOKING" (AT A 500 YEAR OLD MYRTLE) - BOB JENYN |
On our arrival at Stanley we organised for 3 hours on a fishing charter. Les Sims had been recommended so we made contact - then the rains came! The decision was made to wait till Monday and if the weather was still poor we would move on.
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