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# Echo Creek: Dingoes, Wompoos and a Cool Change
- URL: https://townsvillebushwalkingclub.com/echo-creek-2026/
- Published: 2026-11-10T01:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-10T01:06:35.000Z
- Description: A seven-hour rainforest adventure featuring Echo Creek Falls, howling dingoes, wompoo fruit-doves, native frogs, and the scenic K Traverse walking track.
- Author: Townsville Bushwalking Club
- Tags: Paluma

Date: Saturday 7 November 2026  
Leaders: Cherry Judge and Vicki O'Brien

We met early in the morning and joined the 7 am convoy up the range. By the time we reached the top, we'd left the Townsville heat well behind. It was at least 10 degrees cooler in the Paluma rainforest, and most of us quickly wished we'd thrown a light jacket in our packs.

We set off along the K Traverse, the old logging road, at 8 am. Before long we ducked off the track and into the bush, finding our way down into the headwaters of Echo Creek.

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From there the creek set the pace. We followed it bend after bend, exploring every twist and flow. The forest in this part of Paluma was alive. Birdsong all around us, and every so often the call of the wompoo fruit-dove, a sound you don't often get to hear.

Then, at one bend, the forest went from beautiful to a little bit spooky, and just amazingly cool at the same time. A family of dingoes started howling, and it seemed to come from every direction at once. We'd clearly wandered into their territory. Nobody said it out loud, but we were all quietly glad to be in a group. I managed to catch a few seconds of it on video, and it still gives me goosebumps.

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The wildlife kept coming. We crossed paths with a couple of snakes, and spotted a 2 little frogs in a mating embrace that we identified as green-eyed tree frogs (*Litoria/Spicicalyx serrata*).

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We ended our creek journey at the top of Echo Creek Falls, which was so lovely to watch- I reckon it will be a sight to behold just after a good wet season. 

From the falls, we ducked back into the bush, navigated our way up onto the K Traverse, and walked back to the cars.

Seven hours, tired feet, happy people and, as always, beautiful company. Thank you, everyone, for a wonderful day. What a day!

*\- Cherry Judge*