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The walk up Glenevin valley to the waterfall takes the rambler on a safe route which is well
designed and sign posted. Newly installed picnic areas blend easily into the natural landscape and
provides the rambler with ample opportunity to relax and enjoy a picnic. Although the trek up to the
waterfall is not so strenuous that it is necessary to stop and eat, it does allow one to stop and take
in the spectacular views at a slower and more rewarding pace. However, do not stop to relax for to long
as the end result, the waterfall, is unsurpassed by anything else in its league in terms of beauty and
splendour. Footbridges are dotted along the track as you criss-cross the babbling stream, stepping
stones are available for the adventurous types. |
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Birdseye view of the waterfall. |
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Ode to Glenevin Waterfall McLaughlin, a local poet. "Thus the sun's parting beams on the hills are delaying. The vale's overshadowed where daily I roam; But one lingering ray's on the waterfall playing, Over deep Polh-an-eas with its bosom of foam. As I stand in that glen so romantlo and lonely, where the wild clover screams from its heath-bower of green., Nought now is heard save the cataract only, And its echoes, that roll down the mountain ravine. Polh~an~eas! how long, since a lover of nature, With thrilling sensation of pleasure and awe, First gazed on thy face; where each time-worn feature Bears impress of Him who gave nature its law? And ages shall roll as the spray that rolls o'er thee, Unheeded, unfelt as the sigh of the gale; When the heart that now pours its effusion before thee Shall be laid in the dust a mere cloud of the vale." |
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