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# Five-Mile Creek
- URL: https://townsvillebushwalkingclub.com/five-mile-creek-1977/
- Published: 1977-12-10T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-03T05:38:35.000Z
- Description: Discover Five Mile Creek near Cardwell, a rugged 1977 bushwalk through a gorge with towering cliffs, deep pools, and pack swims. Highlights include a dramatic 100m multi-stage waterfall, rocky ridges, and rainforest scenery—an adventurous North Queensland hike best done in the dry season.
- Author: Townsville Bushwalking Club

November 11, 12 '77 

Alan Watson, Ross Ninnis

Permission from the Norwegian.

It is possible to get up to end of creek in 4-5 hours .. is possible day walk.

Time from the Norwegian to creek - \~ 1/2 hour.

Best time of year : at end of year - low water level.

Five Mile Creek is a reasonable sized creek (a large catchment area). The creek is in a gorge with towering rocky hills, looming vertically overhead. Some parts of creek are best swum with pack. Waterproof pack & good footwear is essential.

At end of creek, there is an amphitheatre of falls. The main falls drop at least 100m in at least 2 stages. It is possible to go further up the creek if you scale the steep ridge.

We came across a collection of bones in the creek: many long vertebrae, some scales and a furry tail. We tried to imagine what beast could have scales and a furry tail. After scratching our heads for 5 minutes, we concluded it must be a huge python (20-25 ft??) that had partly eaten a wallaby, & died in the creek.

R. Ninnis

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Map:   
CARDWELL 1:100,000 (not very useful)  
KIRRAMA 1:100,000

Rating: medium.

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