Herbert River Falls on the upper Herbert River delivered a memorable club trip with remote camping, gorge rim walks, riverbed hiking, fishing, and spectacular views near Blencoe Falls. A classic North Queensland bushwalking adventure.
A challenging rainforest trek from Paluma village to Bambaroo via Mt Spec and the Bambaroo Track. Highlights include Crystal Falls, Wilfred’s hut, golden bowerbird bowers, giant strangler figs, leeches, snakes, and a Frosty Mango ice cream finish.
Paluma
Bullocky Tom's Track and Waterfall Creek delivered a classic three-day Paluma Range adventure, with rainforest trails, waterfalls, lookouts, DCK Shelter, and a tough Bambaroo Track finish through superb North Queensland country.
Herbert River Gorge Adventure was a five-day, fly-in hike-out through North Queensland wilderness. Starting below Blencoe Falls, walkers tackled rock hopping, river crossings, remote camps, crocodile country, and 60 km of spectacular gorge travel.
June 2014 adventures included Cockatoo Creek, Upper Ethel Falls, and a three-day Cape Cleveland trip, with creek walks, rainforest tracks, coastal camps, waterfalls, swimming holes, and plenty of North Queensland character.
Lost (North) Creek bushwalk: A navigational detour turned into an off-track adventure—bush-bashing past dry creeks and cycads before popping out on Alligator Creek. Rock-hopped to the falls for lunch with views, then returned via the NP track. Unplanned, unforgettable.
Magnetic Island
Seven walkers set out to find a memorial plaque near Mt Cook on Magnetic Island, honouring two canoeists lost in 1962. After a hot, hilly trek through gullies, stinging trees, and ridgelines, they found it overlooking Pallarenda—before pushing on to Horseshoe Bay and, finally, the pub.
Explore Five Mile Creek near Cardwell with the Townsville Bushwalking Club. A two-day hike of rock hopping, gorges, boulder scrambles, swimming holes and a 70 m waterfall, offering rugged terrain and scenic rainforest adventure north of Townsville.
Twelve hikers tackled the steep climb to the WW2 B-24 Liberator Texas Terror wreck on Mt Straloch, Hinchinbrook Island. After a long day of rock-hopping, rope climbs, stinging trees, and close calls, the group reached the memorial cross before descending to meet the boat—tired but elated.
Nine walkers explored Hen Camp Creek on 8 September 2013, rock hopping through pools, cascades, and canyon country before a bluff-side mutiny sent the group back for swims, ice creams, and plans to return for the hidden waterfall above one day soon.
Paluma
An adventurous 22 km circuit near Paluma Dam, this exploratory Townsville Bushwalking Club walk revisited DCK Shelter via Waterfall Creek and Garde's Lookout, with rainforest tracks, creek swims, wildlife sightings, and plenty of wet-season character.
A classic creek adventure to The Cascades, with rock hopping, snake sightings, steep scrambles, bush bashing, waterfall pools, and a chilly swim at the top. A rewarding day out in rugged North Queensland creek country.