Cedar Creek Falls, Mount Tamborine National Park, Queensland!

[Aquathumb]

My wife and I were going a bit stir crazy last sunday... it was raining and the kids were runing a muck driving us nuts! so we went on a day trip to Cedar Creek Falls!

here are some photos I took while there:

http://youtu.be/ASkb6fxZnLk

[durro68]

Nice .... thats riffle country!

[Squiggle]

Very cool shots dude :encouragement:

[Aquathumb]

Nice .... thats riffle country!

I walked up and down the creeks for hours with a high power torch looking for shrimp and didn't find a single one! i did notice lots of mosses and a large Fissiden!

[durro68]

I have never tried to catch them but guys from (AL) went there (back before SKF existed) and got some .... do a search on AL for location etc.

[fishmosy]

Great pics mate. Shame you didn't get any, its looks pretty shrimpy.

[Gbang]

So cooooolllll!!!! U definately need to try and catch some riffles :)

[Gbang]

Again that is lol. Any tips guys?

[durro68]

Read fishmosy's article on them .... Likely locations ans a good read in general!

[2OFUS]

Riffles will be In the faster flowing parts

grab a net and tip some rocks ,and drag ya net threw some reeds

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[fishmosy]

To collect riffle shrimp, find a riffle. Sounds obvious I know, but many people don't realise that these guys prefer the fastest flowing water you can find, i.e. riffles. The immediate downstream side of the river crossing in your first pic would be perfect as would the riffle area a little upstream (second pic).

Find a suitable rock to flip over i.e. don't get a hernia trying to lift the biggest rock in sight. don't neglect little rocks either because they may have caves underneath and riffles will hang here in numbers. hold your net downstream of the rock you are going to flip up. Lift the rock. Thats it. The riffles will usually swim with the current straight into your waiting net once they realise the rock is moving. However it is worth scooping in the area under the rock as they sometimes will sit still.

You will need to travel to different areas of the creek as areas are often dominated by one sex or the other.

Also as good practice, you should immediately return berried females unharmed.

Remember to comply with all fisheries and state legislation concerning collection of wildlife. This includes not collecting wildlife from inside National Parks (unless you get permission/permit, which you generally won't).

[Aquathumb]

Excellent information Fishmosy. Thank you :)

[khemo]

A few AL members and I went there a few years ago and got a couple (the thread durro68 was referring to). Caught them like fishmosy explained.

Did you bring any mosses and fissidens back Aquathumb?

[Aquathumb]

I had no idea where to look! ill go back in a few weeks much more well informed! thanks

khemo - I couldn't find much in the way of plants below the waterline (except for algae!) but i did find this:

A clump of it about the size of a dinner plate was sitting on a log half in the water half out. Only took a very small piece and hoping to see it survive under water!

It kinda looks like a Fissiden to me. what do you think?

[2OFUS]

Definately is a native fissiden of some sort

[ineke]

Great pictures thanks for sharing

[Aquathumb]

I ended up gluing this to some driftwood. Will see how it goes under water!

[ineke]

Looks good , gluing is a lot easier than tying when using small pieces. My subwassertang (don't know if I spelt that right) is growing really well where I have glued it!

[Aquathumb]

yeah some things (like this piece) are impossible to tie!

[khemo]

That definitely looks like some sort of fissidens mate! Let us know how it grows, looks promising.

[Squiggle]

Looks really cool dude, very interested to see how it goes :encouragement:

[CNgo2006]

I see now why you chose aquathumb as username, you do have a knack for these kind of things. Good job looks great!

[vht009]

Very nice. Keen to see how it progress.

[buck]

any progress?

also what glue did you use? im intregued

[kunzy]

Hows cedar creek going now, few times told me its very dry.. completely different