My Favourite Find To Date

Australia is a beautiful country, with a diverse landscape and so much to see in this vast continent and I’m lucky enough not to be in any great hurry.

After leaving my awesome two weeks exploring Warwick and its surrounds, I headed further south towards Stanthorpe on 1 February 2025. I cut through the back, bypassing the town and headed 28 kms north-west to discover the little gem of Foxbar Falls and what a picturesque place I found.

Wow! This has to be my favourite find to date.

Booked in for a week, checked in and was shown, in my eyes, the best site on the property, right on the bank of Lake Amiens. My caravan was parked side on to the lake, meaning I could wake in the morning with the most glorious views.

No complaints from me.

I even had a little spit of land that took me down to the waters edge that was all mine for the duration of my stay.

Spoilt much!

This glorious place is exactly why I packed my life away and left the big smoke………I’m far happier out in the back waters of this beautiful country.

I loved this spot so much that I booked a second week’s stay as I discovered there was so much to explore.

The closest town for food shopping was Stanthorpe, as mentioned, 28 kms away but that was no hardship and I was happy to drive in a couple of days and experience the pleasure of breakfast and explore the township.

But most of my two weeks was spent exploring Foxbar Falls.

This is a 220 acre working farm, growing vegetables such as carrots and celery, along with six lakes / dams and many walking trails, from easy to hard treks and all levels in between.

Approximately 400 metres from my campsite is the trail to Foxbar Falls, the falls that the farm is named after. At this time of the year the falls are but a trickle, but worth the walk all the same.

This part of Australia is known as the Granite Belt, named after the myriad of granite that dots the countryside, from small to large and makes for impressive scenery.

One such granite rock on Foxbar Falls is known as the Sow and Pigs, and I completed the walk to the Sow, but didn’t understand why it was named as such. That was until I met a lovely lady from a Facebook Group that I’m a member of, called Girls Who Tow, and we did the walk together.

It was then that I discovered I didn’t complete the walk when I originally did it, as you needed to climb that large granite rock, called the Sow, and there on top was perched smaller — although still large in their own rights — granite rocks, called the Pigs.

It was a steep climb but boy, it was worth it to see the 360 degree view of the surrounding countryside from the top of the Sow.

To think I almost missed this awe-inspiring view.

Another trek I completed was the climb up Mount Ferguson. This too was a steep climb and in places there was no distinguishing trail but it was worth the muscle complaints and leg fatigue, to experience the wonders to the eyes that this trail dished out.

I was delighted to discover Mr Todd’s Hideout / Playground hidden strategically at the bottom of Mt Ferguson.

Foxbar Falls native wildlife and fauna also did not disappoint, with the water birds that used the lakes / dams as their playground and the tiny and delightful wild flowers that dotted the countryside. All a feast for the eyes.

My favourite is the discovery of the tiniest little birds, about a third of the size of my fist, that I discovered. It was a delight to learn they are called Fairy Wrens and Grizabella enjoyed watching their antics from behind the closed screen door of my caravan……although she’d have loved to stalk them out in the wild, but I wasn’t going to allow that.

All in all, Foxbar Falls is a treasure find and I was extremely lucky to enjoy all it had to offer.

I was a little sad to hitch my caravan and move on out on 15 February, but I have places to go, perfect scenery to find and people to meet.

Onwards to my next destination — please come back and visit to find out where that happens to be.

Happy travelling 😊