Bridal Veil Falls. The track to Bridal Veil begins at the same bridge to Devil’s Punchbowl. The track and the viewpoint of this waterfall are a bit disappointing. The track is a nice bush track and all, but it only delivers a wee peak at part of the distant Veil. After this glimpse the track then continues up and down before depositing you onto the highway…where you can walk the busy highway back to the carpark or just backtrack. What’s the point?
The much better way to see Bridal Veil’s true glory is to tramp up the Scotts Track for 20-30 minutes (towards Avalanche Peak). The beginning of this track gives you a postcard view of Devil’s punchbowl and Arthur’s Village…and if you keep climbing a little, then Bridal Veil’s entire waterfall canyon comes into view. The hard-to-find Scotts Track is about 300m up SH 73 from the Devil’s Punchbowl carpark, just 50m past the Wardens Creek bridge (see Avalanche Peak entry).
Twin Creek Falls. Twin Creek delicately falls above the Temple Basin Ski Area carpark (3.5km northwest of the Village). Twin Creek Falls is long and slender, more whisper than roar. For a good look head up the skifields road for a few minutes to get a decent photo without powerlines in the foreground. From this skifield road you’ll also get the valley’s best view of Avalanche Peak and its entire tramping route.
The best way to enjoy Twin Creek Falls though is not by taking a picture, but rather taking a dive! One of Arthur’s sneaky secrets is that a quick wet rock-hop just 8-10 minutes up the streambed from the carpark delivers you to a delightful waterfall pool. This final fall of all Twin Creek’s tiers is a mere 15m, but it cascades into a deep rockrimmed pool that gets great 1-3pm sun. The pool is deep and warmish enough for a dive, and the surrounding rocks smooth and inviting enough for a bask. Simply wonderful and completely unknown to the masses at Punchbowl!
Avalanche Creek Falls. Avalanche Creek has a waterfall viewpoint platform just a 5-minute walk behind the Visitor Center. But this final waterfall is only the last in line of many individual drops. There must be at least 300m of waterfalls up this creek. To see more of them begin up the Avalanche Peak track. This track is very steep (like the entire tramp to the peak), but if you want some more falls, then up you go and out various side paths to view higher waterfalls in this steep gorge.
