2.5 kilometres return, maybe 90 minutes with stops, and a scramble section near the top that'll test your ankles if you've come in thongs. That's Lesmurdie Falls in a nutshell, and it's also roughly the amount of information most people get before they turn up in January expecting a waterfall and find a dry rock face with a trickle running down it. I've done this walk in both seasons now, and the difference is not subtle.

Let's deal with the obvious bit first. Lesmurdie Falls is seasonal, properly seasonal, not the kind of