The club has outings on the second Saturday of each month. These outings are led by someone having a particular interest in or knowledge of the area visited.

There are usually no excursions in January,  July and August. In July we have a “show and tell” indoors, and August is the month for our AGM.

2026.

May 9th

NEXT FIELD NATS OUTING – MAY 9TH – Ralphs Falls and Cashs Gorge Circuit (easy, short/medium length) – LEADER ROSS COAD.

Meet at the Ringarooma Swimming Pool at 10 a.m. We will travel along New River Road for ~6 km, then turn off onto Mount Victoria Road and drive ~10.5 km to the Ralphs Falls car park (travel time from Ringarooma is about 25 minutes).

Those coming from the east coast may prefer to travel to the Ralph Falls car park via Pyengana. Follow St Columba Falls Road then Forest Lodge Road then Mount Victoria Road, aiming to reach the car park at about 1035 (~30 minutes from Pyengana).

This is one of the easier walks in the northeast, along a mostly well-formed, recently maintained track with a few short, steep sections. Total length is 4 km. Estimated walking time is 50 minutes, but with additional time for taking in the views and morning tea, plus a field naturalist factor, I expect it will take about 2-2.5 hours to complete the circuit. Bring water, snacks and lunch – we may eat lunch at the car park on completion of the circuit.

Expect to see Tasmania’s highest single drop waterfall, sassafras, celery top pine, waratah, ferns, fungi, mosses, tea tree, buttongrass and much more. It is a very pleasant walk, initially through beautiful rainforest, then teatree forest and finishing with buttongrass moorland.

Check the weather forecast and bring appropriate gear, anticipating it being cooler and damper than forecast.