St Anastasia Sulphur Spring
Bamboo

Be aware though, that the bamboo in the area is also a sign that there may well be snakes about, so walk with a good stomp.

Take A Break

There are a number of benches en-route so you can rest if needs be, or just sit down to enjoy the stunning views.
Nice Gorge

I've always had a soft spot for remote gorges, and the mysteries you can imagine they contain. However, most of them are rammed solid with vegetation, seeking the precious water that caused the gorge in the first place. So it was nice to finally find one with a navigable path.
Interesting Flora

I took this picture because the shrubs looked nice. Like the gyspum though, photographs don't really do it justice.
Spring Bridge

The path to the Springs from the funny tractor is less than a mile long, I think. It ends here, at this hump-back bridge.
Incidentally, St Anastasia is associated with healing, so it makes sense to name a reviving sulphur spring after her. This is what Wikipedia has to say about the lady:
Saint Anastasia (died 25 December, A.D. 304) is a Christian saint and martyr who died at Sirmium in the Roman province of Pannonia Secunda (modern Serbia). In the Orthodox Church, she is venerated as St. Anastasia the Pharmakolytria, i.e. "Deliverer from Potions" (Ἁγία Ἀναστασία ἡ Φαρμακολύτρια).
Concerning Anastasia little is reliably known, save that she died in the persecutions of Diocletian; most stories about her date from several centuries after her death and make her variously a Roman or Sirmian native and a Roman citizen of patrician rank. One legend makes her the daughter of a certain Praetextatus and the pupil of Saint Chrysogonus. Catholic tradition states that her mother was St. Fausta of Sirmium.
Anastasia has long been venerated as a healer and exorcist. Her relics lie in the Cathedral of St. Anastasia in Zadar, Croatia.
She is one of seven women who along with the Blessed Virgin Mary, are commemorated by name in the Roman Canon of the Mass.
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