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Running Creek Falls

16-17 April 2005

The Running Creek campsite is a small campsite at the junction of England and Running Creek. Only 4 campers are allowed at a time. On this throughwalk there were just the three of us, Gil, Steve and myself.

Many walks have been done to Running Creek Falls just as a day walk. However it is such a long walk that usually only a few minutes can be spent at one of the most spectacular falls in south east Queensland. This throughwalk would allow us more time at the falls and to do some exploration of the surrounds.

We parked the car at the farm at the end of the road and began the five kilometre walk across cow paddocks to get to the National Park.

After an hour and a half, we reached the crossing of Running Creek. Due to the drought, the creek was low and the crossing was an easy rock hop across. On the other side of the creek the vegetation changed from open sclerohyll eucalypt forest to rain forest. In places trees had fallen across the track and we had to navigate round them to rejoin the faint track. Close to midday we reached the campsite, put up our tents and had lunch.

From the campsite it is about 800 metres upstream to the falls. Again we made good time rock hopping up the creek and reached the falls within a half hour. Gil even ventured in for a quick swim but the cold water deterred the rest of us.

After about an hour at the base of the falls we began exploring various ways to get to the top of the falls. A small gully was considered too dangerous while a ridge was overgrown with wait-a-while which forced us back. We decided we would try another day and made our way back to the campsite. There I did a quick rock hop up England Creek and found it a fantastic place for more exploration another day.

There was no rain that night and as soon as it was light the next morning we had breakfast, packed our tents and made the return journey. We stopped in Beaudesert at lunch time and enjoyed a large counter lunch at one of the hotels. It was a fitting end to a great weekend camping in the Australian rainforest.

Many thanks to Steve and Gil for their company. Richard

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