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At Cascades, the Lefroy Brook transforms from a gentle flow in mid summer to a raging torrent in winter.

Cascades is a fantastic place to visit all your round. In summer, it’s a cool, shady place for a picnic and in winter, the Lefroy Brook is an impressive sight as it tumbles over the Cascades.

Creature feature

The Lefroy Brook is home to a population of pouched lampreys (Geotria australis). These eel like creatures sound like something from a horror movie – they attack their prey with suction mouth and a tongue like a round chainsaw. Luckily lampreys are harmless to humans and leave their vicious dietary habits behind in the ocean when they migrate from the sea into the rivers to breed.

During winter, hundreds of lampreys enter the Lefroy Brook and swim upstream to breed. They can be seen congregated at obstacles such as weirs or rapids as they use their sucking mouthparts to scale the slippery rocks.

About a year later, the young lampreys migrate downstream and out to the ocean.

Many other creatures inhabit this waterway and surrounding vegetation. Step out along the Lefroy Brook Loop Walk to learn more about them.

Getting There

You can get to this site by: Two-wheel drive and large vehicles > 7m

GPS: -34.4764, 116.03

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Site Activities:

Bushwalking

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Activities
  • Bush Walking

    Lefroy Brook Loop Walk

    This pretty loop walk takes you along the edge of the Lefroy Brook, providing plenty of vantage points from which to view the water. It’s also a great place just to appreciate the beauty of the karri forest.
    Interpretive signs along the walk give you an insight into the inhabitants of this area.

    Be aware that the trail is steep in places as it climbs out of the valley.

    Distance: 1.2 kilometres return.
    Time: Allow 40 minutes
    Class: 3 moderate walk
     

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