Wallaman Falls & Mount Fox.

12.11.66

The party of nine consisted of Peter Reimann, Lou Dawenaga, Martin Spiess, Gloria Sarsaro, Maureen Hollins, Don Morrison, Cynthia Eden and Peter Gillard and Steve Conway.

We made an early start on Saturday leaving the De V Guest House at 6.30 a.m. and had a milk shake at Ingham where we also refueled. When doing this trip it is necessary to obtain permission from the forestry dept to enter the state forest and use the forestry road.

We entered the Seaview Range area via the forestry road which is still under construction at the end but is an excellent road except for the real crazy sections. We had to leave our cars about 2 miles from the jeep track because of road construction. When following the road one must be careful not to miss the turnoff to the falls. (It's not signposted.)

When we had had a bit of a blow and a good view of the falls we went down a steep track on the east of the creek. It goes through rainforest and one has to be careful of Gimpie.

When we reached the bottom we boiled tea and had a swim. manners. Robins had a bit of a fight. Then something pricked Les' knee. At first he thought it was one of the boys' but it must have been an ant. He had the marks to prove it.

In order to get out of the creek we decided to avoid the main ridges covered by rain forest. Instead we went down the creek for about 3/4 mile & traversed across the creek up a more easy ridge to the Mt. One has to keep moving up. and although the last section is steep it is not covered with forest & the going is not too tough.

We were running late and decided to make a good job of it so we headed for the top of the falls and had a swim & more tea. We hit the road before dark and got to the cars about 20 mins after dark.

We started heading for the Mt. Fox area as soon as we had rested & on the advice of a local forester we found a reasonable camping site with water at a creek crossing on a secondary road leading towards Mt Fox.

A pleasant camp fire and a good snooze was enjoyed by all. In the morning abundant water allowed the more hygenic amongst us to have a bath.

The road we were on eventually linked up with the Jim's Farmers Road & the path from the east of Stony Creek enters. the turning to the left we join with the sawmill - Kangaroo Hills Road. At this joint one should turn right towards Kangaroo Hills by cross Michael Creek (close to the house amongst the tiny barked trees). One leads up the ridge and at the first sharp turn to the right side here is a very old track to left. this track leads to within easy striking distance of Mt Fox.

The walk up Mt. Fox is about 500 feet. Very easy, & quite interesting from the top. It is supposed to be Australia's youngest volcano. Even so we were down by about 12.00 noon and had lunch. One leads home via the old Saw mill.

We should have gone to Kangaroo Hills but instead went for a swim at Waterview Creek.

T. Gillard.