Butterfly Falls to base of Birdwing Falls
📅 Sunday 26 June 2022 6:00 am
📍 Location: Girringun National Park
Kirrama, QLD 4849
About this event
Butterfly Falls
Date: Sunday 26th June 2022
Leader: Luen Warneke
Image credit: https://wanderstories.space/
Rated: 4 medium - a little rock hopping and scrambling with some loose and slippery surfaces with optional walk to base of falls.
Duration: Half-day walk, 6 hours return
Distance: ~11km return
Elevation gain: ~290m
Description:
This is a medium grade, half-day, cross-country bushwalk on a rough track in Girringun National Park through a mix of woodland and rainforest then creek rock-hopping.
The terrain includes wait-a-while vine, long grass, uneven footings, rock hopping, bush bashing, steep climbs, and some exposed cliffs.
Waterfalls include Euphorion Falls, Ornithoptera Falls, and Birdwing Falls.
For those who want a bit extra, we’ll do an optional, relatively short, off-track walk down to the base of Birdwing Falls
Meeting (RSVP REQUIRED):
Contact the walk leader for more details, such as the meeting location.
Meeting at 6am.
It is a 148 km 2 hr drive to the trailhead near Ingham from Townsville. The roads are sealed and cattle may be on the roads.
Estimate back at the trailhead at midday, for the 2-hour drive back to Townsville. Arriving back in the outskirts of Townsville around 3 pm.
If carpooling, please bring a change of clothes in the car and offer the driver some fuel money.
Notes:
The group size is limited to 8 people.
The club recommends that any natural water sources must be suitably treated before consumption.
The fee is $5 for non-members.
You must be over 18 years old to participate.
RSVP (REQUIRED):
To RSVP, please fill out the form below
https://forms.gle/BCyK6FmJkSDPrDk59
To find out more information, contact the walk leader Luen Warneke at [email protected]
It's up to the walk leader to accept your walk registration.
Club members are given priority at the leader's discretion.
Date: Sunday 26th June 2022
Leader: Luen Warneke
Image credit: https://wanderstories.space/
Rated: 4 medium - a little rock hopping and scrambling with some loose and slippery surfaces with optional walk to base of falls.
Duration: Half-day walk, 6 hours return
Distance: ~11km return
Elevation gain: ~290m
Description:
This is a medium grade, half-day, cross-country bushwalk on a rough track in Girringun National Park through a mix of woodland and rainforest then creek rock-hopping.
The terrain includes wait-a-while vine, long grass, uneven footings, rock hopping, bush bashing, steep climbs, and some exposed cliffs.
Waterfalls include Euphorion Falls, Ornithoptera Falls, and Birdwing Falls.
For those who want a bit extra, we’ll do an optional, relatively short, off-track walk down to the base of Birdwing Falls
Meeting (RSVP REQUIRED):
Contact the walk leader for more details, such as the meeting location.
Meeting at 6am.
It is a 148 km 2 hr drive to the trailhead near Ingham from Townsville. The roads are sealed and cattle may be on the roads.
Estimate back at the trailhead at midday, for the 2-hour drive back to Townsville. Arriving back in the outskirts of Townsville around 3 pm.
If carpooling, please bring a change of clothes in the car and offer the driver some fuel money.
Notes:
The group size is limited to 8 people.
The club recommends that any natural water sources must be suitably treated before consumption.
The fee is $5 for non-members.
You must be over 18 years old to participate.
RSVP (REQUIRED):
To RSVP, please fill out the form below
https://forms.gle/BCyK6FmJkSDPrDk59
To find out more information, contact the walk leader Luen Warneke at [email protected]
It's up to the walk leader to accept your walk registration.
Club members are given priority at the leader's discretion.
👥 Attending: 5
❤️ Interested: 9