Paluma - Diorite Falls
📅 Sunday 20 November 2022 7:00 pm
📍 Location: Paluma Range National Park
About this event
Date: Sunday, 20th November 2022
Who is Leading - Cherry Judge
Rate - Medium - on trial mostly, with a few creek crossings. This is not a walk for absolute beginners.
Consider the distance involved in your decision making. The pace will be moderate and steady, so we can cover the distance within the designated time-frame and enjoy our stops at the points of interest mentioned above.
Description
Beginning at the Paluma Dam campground, we’ll head north along the dam wall and then through the rainforest to the Diorite Falls. We’ll spend some time there, so there will be an opportunity for a swim and a look around – I reckon it should be looking pretty good after recent rainfall. After that we’ll take a different trail back to the Paluma Dam campground, basically we'll be doing an extended clockwise circuit around the dam.
What to expect:
-Creek crossings and rock hopping
-The terrain is undulating with some steep sections
-We make a gradual descent to Diorite Falls, and the ascent on the return journey involves a lot of uphill including one section which is around 1km of constant uphill.
Approximate:
-Distance: 18-20kms
-Duration: 6-7 hours including stops & breaks
Meeting Point -
The dirt carpark next to Ampol Yabulu (Ingham direction) at 6:00am – From here we’ll carpool to the start point of the hike at the Paluma Dam.
Or Paluma Dam at 7:15 ish
What to bring:
-Water: 3-4 litres recommended
-Sterilisation tablets if you plan to refill your water supply from creeks
-Electrolytes if needed
-Sunscreen & hat, Sunsafe clothing
-Insect repellent
-Shoes appropriate for walking on rocky, uneven surfaces. Acceptance that you will be walking in wet shoes as we will be crossing some creeks.
-Dry clothes and maybe thongs for after the walk
-Swimming togs & towel if planning to swim
-Trail snacks, morning tea and lunch
-Salt for leeches
-Rain poncho
-Camera
-First-aid kit and snake bite bandage
-Secateurs
Check out this blog for more info on the area:
https://wanderstories.space/diorite-falls/
For further information and extensive trail maps around Paluma in general, check out: http://paluma.org/
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Please note - this event is FREE for TBWC members
For Visitors of the TBWC - there is a fee of $5
To RSVP - Because this is a TBWC event, RSVP is a bit different - please do so via this form below:
https://forms.gle/qqub2MKRVdv23kT48
If you RSVP to an event and can't make it, please email [email protected] to let them know with as much notice as possible. It is just plain courtesy, so that people on the waitlist can take your spot.
Who is Leading - Cherry Judge
Rate - Medium - on trial mostly, with a few creek crossings. This is not a walk for absolute beginners.
Consider the distance involved in your decision making. The pace will be moderate and steady, so we can cover the distance within the designated time-frame and enjoy our stops at the points of interest mentioned above.
Description
Beginning at the Paluma Dam campground, we’ll head north along the dam wall and then through the rainforest to the Diorite Falls. We’ll spend some time there, so there will be an opportunity for a swim and a look around – I reckon it should be looking pretty good after recent rainfall. After that we’ll take a different trail back to the Paluma Dam campground, basically we'll be doing an extended clockwise circuit around the dam.
What to expect:
-Creek crossings and rock hopping
-The terrain is undulating with some steep sections
-We make a gradual descent to Diorite Falls, and the ascent on the return journey involves a lot of uphill including one section which is around 1km of constant uphill.
Approximate:
-Distance: 18-20kms
-Duration: 6-7 hours including stops & breaks
Meeting Point -
The dirt carpark next to Ampol Yabulu (Ingham direction) at 6:00am – From here we’ll carpool to the start point of the hike at the Paluma Dam.
Or Paluma Dam at 7:15 ish
What to bring:
-Water: 3-4 litres recommended
-Sterilisation tablets if you plan to refill your water supply from creeks
-Electrolytes if needed
-Sunscreen & hat, Sunsafe clothing
-Insect repellent
-Shoes appropriate for walking on rocky, uneven surfaces. Acceptance that you will be walking in wet shoes as we will be crossing some creeks.
-Dry clothes and maybe thongs for after the walk
-Swimming togs & towel if planning to swim
-Trail snacks, morning tea and lunch
-Salt for leeches
-Rain poncho
-Camera
-First-aid kit and snake bite bandage
-Secateurs
Check out this blog for more info on the area:
https://wanderstories.space/diorite-falls/
For further information and extensive trail maps around Paluma in general, check out: http://paluma.org/
🛑🛑
Please note - this event is FREE for TBWC members
For Visitors of the TBWC - there is a fee of $5
To RSVP - Because this is a TBWC event, RSVP is a bit different - please do so via this form below:
https://forms.gle/qqub2MKRVdv23kT48
If you RSVP to an event and can't make it, please email [email protected] to let them know with as much notice as possible. It is just plain courtesy, so that people on the waitlist can take your spot.
👥 Attending: 2
❤️ Interested: 36