Queen Mary Falls

26 April 2004

This was an easy walk cum social for those wanting some gentle activity for the Monday public holiday. Twelve of us met at Boonah at the very civilized time of 8.30am. We headed off along the Head Road up through Teviot Gap with our first stop at the Gap to see a tiny trickle of water way in the distance flowing over the falls.

Next stop the Moss Gardens. Exactly where the Gardens are was questionable and Steve went exploring down a very steep track beside the rabbit fence. But, it was finally decided that the Moss Gardens were at the highest point above the steep drop. There was a lot of moss hanging from the trees at that spot - no signs though.

Back to the cars then on to Carr's Lookout a further few kilometers along the road. A new lookout has been built with a viewing platform and information displays. There is a restaurant/coffee shop there that needs to be investigated some day.

We next headed down to the park near Browns Falls for morning tea then followed the track about 600 metres to the base of Browns Falls. This meant crossing the creek a couple of times, which presented a bit of a challenge to some. The falls were about 20 metres high and well worth the effort to get there. Going back uphill we stopped at Dags Falls and took in the views from a platform that had definitely seen better days.

Then on to the park above Queen Mary Falls, us and hundreds of others. The car park was all but full and bodies were everywhere. We decided to do the walk to the bottom of the falls first then find a table if possible and have lunch later. The easy graded circuit track down to the falls and back up was about 2 km in length. Plenty of water was coming over the falls.

There was a vacant table just waiting for us when we had completed the walk. It was very pleasant sitting in the sun having lunch even though there were so many other people around.

We finally moved off and drove back to Boonah where, with a little difficulty, we found a cafe and had afternoon tea. Thanks to all who came along on this pleasant lazy drive around some beautiful country. Thanks especially to drivers Steve, Wayne and Richard.
Patricia