Townsville 7 Kickass Adventures in North Queensland Surprisingly a lot of people do not know what adventures they can get up to around Townsville. Townsville has a lot to offer for the people willing to go out and experience some
Paluma Range National Park Mt Houston & Hillary Creek Hillary Creek is quite a beauiful creek when it's flowing. Mt Houston is similar to Mt Leach and doesn't have a view to offer. The summit's vegetation turns into bushland instead of rainforest.
Bowling Green Bay National Park Chasing unexplored waterfalls in Bowling Green Bay National Park Just north The Terraces lies these two rock features where you'll discover a few pretty waterfalls and cliffs that overlook parts of Bowling Green Bay National Park.
Paluma Range National Park Little Crystal Creek (Paluma Township to Base of Paluma Range) The crystal clear waters of this freshwater creek are ideal for a refreshing swim. The mountain water cascades under a picturesque heritage-listed stone arch bridge built in the 1930s depression. It's a popular place with the Townsville locals.
Bowling Green Bay National Park Alligator Creek Falls Hike Alligator Creek Falls is located in Bowling Green Bay National Park and is an easy one-dayer hike on-track that follows a fire break and powerline maintenance track to Alligator Creek Falls for large portion of the walk.
Paluma Range National Park BlueGum Creek Circuit (Triple Falls and Old Wolfram Mines) This track is on the south side of Paluma village and is an easy day walk taking you on a loop down into Star Valley. It's only one hour to from the H
Paluma Range National Park Mt Halifax - Remote bush camping south of Paluma Township Summiting Mt Halifax is a strenuous walk and you'll need to be fit to climb up some steep hill sections. The bush track is rough and uneven underfoot.
Paluma Range National Park Ethel Creek & Ethel Falls Ethel Creek waterfall is a hidden gem in the middle of Paluma Range National Park and you're very likely to be the only ones there.
Bowling Green Bay National Park North Creek (Sandy Creek) This rock hop, boulder scramble and bush bash is a good beginners walk and might earn you a sense of accomplishment. The mountain creek scenery, views and swimming pool at the top falls makes for a nice hike.
Paluma Range National Park Abseiling down Gold Creek This creek reminds me of "The Terraces" - waterfall after waterfall albeit quite different. Very beautiful, untouched scenery with mossy rocks and large king ferns surrounding the creek. There are three
Paluma Range National Park Rappelling down Crystal Creek & it's canyon Crystal gorge is the closest thing to a real canyoning experience North Queensland has to offer and it's super beautiful! There are three options to do this trip: Organise a car shuttle from
Paluma Range National Park Abseiling Waterfall Creek - Paluma Dam to Zammits Rd, Bruce Highway Waterfall Creek is the massive waterfall that you can see from the highway on your way back to Townsville from Ingham. It's a beautiful creek full of waterfalls, I guess that's why it's named Waterfall Creek!
Paluma Range National Park Hidden Valley to Jourama Falls, Waterview Creek Abseiling down waterfalls and into pools of water is one of the closest things you can get to a canyoning experience in North Queensland. Another great place is down Crystal Falls to the
Paluma Range National Park Paluma Range National Park Trails Picturesque rainforest framed by waterfalls and peaks 1,000m above the Crystal Creek floodplain to the quaint Paluma village. This national park offers a range of recreational opportunities including walks and bird watching.
Paluma Range National Park Circle View Mountain & Ollera Creek Ollera Creek offers many great waterfalls, most beautiful is Big Ollera Falls, as well as many rock slides and gorgeous swimming holes. There is even a few spots for small cliff jumps if
Paluma Range National Park Godwin's Peak To Mt Halifax This area is certainly a magical part of North Queensland. It's a strenuous walk and you'll need to be fit to climb up some steep hill sections. The bush track is rough and uneven underfoot.
North Queensland Running River and Tributaries Puzzle Creek & Deception Creek flow into Running River that combines with Star River which contributes sizable proportions of flow in the Burdekin River. Not far away from this area is Paluma Range
Bowling Green Bay National Park How to find Hidden Falls One of the three points of interest next to Palm Creek, this waterfall is truly hidden away far up the creek beds. It involves a lot of rock hopping up the creek. See
Bowling Green Bay National Park The Cascades This is one of the classic Palm Creek walks featuring a massive cliff where the water cascades down the face of it. The other two points of interest are Hidden Falls and The
Bowling Green Bay National Park The Terraces The Terraces is another wonder of the Palm Creek area, arguably the better of the three to see. The other two points of interest are Hidden Falls and The Cascades. Photo Credit Keith
Paluma Range National Park The PRB Track - Bluewater Range to Paluma Village hike This track goes along the old Bluewater Forestry Road to the Paluma township. On the south side of the range it follows the Bluewater Range Track. It is currently overgrown and disused.
Bowling Green Bay National Park How to summit Mt Elliot The Bowling Green Bay National Park (near Townsville) is a southern outlier of the Wet Tropics bioregion and has rainforest growing at its summit as well as along the various creeks. Hiking to
Main Range National Park How to spend two days in Main Range National Park It's hard to pass up any places while being on a roadtrip and so we stopped at Main Range National Park. There is a lot to do in and around this National Park,
Bunya Mountains National Park Why you should get up early to see the Bunya Mountains The Bunya Mountains are just a short drive from Brisbane and still feel like a world away. Since we planned on seeing the fireworks for New Year's Eve in Brisbane but did not
Paluma Range National Park Jourama Falls II - Impressions Since Jourama Falls is Luen's favourite place, we had to go at least one last time before leaving for our roadtrip down south. Also Luen had not been up at the top of
