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# Ollera Creek - Banana Creek - Star River - Paluma - 1972
- URL: https://townsvillebushwalkingclub.com/ollera-ck-banana-ck-star-r-paluma-1972/
- Published: 1972-09-19T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-02T05:52:50.000Z
- Description: Ollera Creek to Banana Creek, Star River and Paluma, Queen’s Birthday 1972: a gruelling 45-mile trek with steep gullies, cyclone-damaged ridges, tangled wait-a-while rainforest, rock-hopping creeks, cascades and grazing country. A tough but rewarding North Queensland bushwalking adventure.
- Author: Townsville Bushwalking Club

### Queen's Birthday Weekend 1972.

Steve Coleman, Grant Lade, Carol Forman, Peter Reimann

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①-② Steep part of Ollera Ck not prev. visited - well worthwhile!  
②-③ Open-forest ridge - plenty of cyclone damage  
③-④ Rainforest full of waitawhile - from 3 to campsite very slow - & painful - from campsite to ④ in wider creek ∴ OK.  
④-⑤ Rainforest, by creek, pools, cascades, rock-hopping - beautiful  
⑤ to campsite SUN. Cattle grazing country, fairly flat.

An excellent trip but a long way for 3 days (45 miles).  
No spare time.

P. Reimann  
20/9/72

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