The Amphitheatre is an enclosed oasis entered only through a narrow cleft in the cliff wall. Once inside it’s like Journey to the Centre of the Earth.

That’s it Steve! That cleft just ahead.

And that’s how you get in.

The view above

The cool, moist atmoshere with limited sunlight favours ferns.

From inside – the only way in and out.

And this is how it came to be.

The track in from the main Gorge Walk

We had some company.

He really didn’t want to leave that patch of grass.

And here’s the family.