Walks Description

A typical day of bushwalking involves 6-8 hours of bushwalking, often cross-country, in remote and rugged terrain. This can be arduous, and a good level of fitness, particularly for steep hill climbing or rock hopping, is required. We rarely walk on formed tracks. The rewards are worth the effort, with superb landscapes, mountain peaks, waterfalls, and gorges to be visited.

We walk the following types of terrain:

• Boulder hopping (and bush bashing through tangled vines and scrub) in creeks on the eastern side of the ranges north and south of Townsville. The reward is great waterfalls, gorges and pools.
• Some hand over hand scrambling or steep climbing to skirt cliffs, waterfalls and gorges.
• Cross-country walking (not on tracks) in the open forest country and grassland west of Paluma around Star River/Running River.
• On formed tracks in Paluma National Park.
• Climbing to some of the surrounding peaks, e.g., Fredericks Peak, Mt Halifax, through long grass and scrub.

Walks may be a through walk, a circuit walk, or an out-and-back returning walk along the same route. One-day walks are held on Sundays and usually are within a one-hour drive of Townsville. Multi-day bushwalks are often conducted throughout the year, with durations ranging from 2 to 5 days, and can involve a longer distance drive.