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| Koreelah Creek at the picnic area |
This area is up in the mountains: Great Dividing Range/Main Range/Border Ranges, headwaters of the Clarence River and close to New England and granite country. A real mixture.
Time: 8 am
Where: Boonah State School (Primary) car park to car pool. Please share if you can. Leave about 8:30am.
Directions from Boonah to Koreelah N.P.: Take the Boonah-Rathdowney Road south out of Boonah and after about 13kms turn into Carneys Creek Road. Straight ahead over Teviot Brook and past The Head Road junction (it is closed). The road becomes good dirt and eventually climbs up a ridge with fantastic views over to Mt Ballow, etc, until you reach the border gate (about 41kms from Boonah). We might stop here for a quick look around. Then along through the historical area of White Swamp to Koreelah (we veer left past the turn off to The Head on the right). Turn into Koreelah NP and camping/day use area. The drive with no stops takes about 1 hr 10 mins.
Level of Fitness: All levels, do as much or as little as you like, scramble over rocks or sit under the shade of a tree.
Facilities: Toilets, picnic tables at the park.
What to Bring: suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the bush, sunscreen, insect repellant, water, morning tea and lunch, chair, and the usual naturalist stuff of your choice; binoculars, camera, field guides, notebook, etc.
Upon Arrival: Please register in the Attendance Book and pay your $2 per person participant fee.
Where: Boonah State School (Primary) car park to car pool. Please share if you can. Leave about 8:30am.
Directions from Boonah to Koreelah N.P.: Take the Boonah-Rathdowney Road south out of Boonah and after about 13kms turn into Carneys Creek Road. Straight ahead over Teviot Brook and past The Head Road junction (it is closed). The road becomes good dirt and eventually climbs up a ridge with fantastic views over to Mt Ballow, etc, until you reach the border gate (about 41kms from Boonah). We might stop here for a quick look around. Then along through the historical area of White Swamp to Koreelah (we veer left past the turn off to The Head on the right). Turn into Koreelah NP and camping/day use area. The drive with no stops takes about 1 hr 10 mins.
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| The head of the gorge, Koreelah NP |
Activities: Walks along the creek and around the waterfall. There are creeks and rock slabs and cliff walls etc, but our leader assures us the tracks are fairly level. Perhaps a walking pole might be a good idea!
There is a separate section of the National Park and it is back up the road, and we may check this out too.
Level of Fitness: All levels, do as much or as little as you like, scramble over rocks or sit under the shade of a tree.
Facilities: Toilets, picnic tables at the park.
What to Bring: suitable clothing and footwear for walking in the bush, sunscreen, insect repellant, water, morning tea and lunch, chair, and the usual naturalist stuff of your choice; binoculars, camera, field guides, notebook, etc.
Upon Arrival: Please register in the Attendance Book and pay your $2 per person participant fee.
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