Pencil Creek Cottages Mapleton Qld

19/08/2022

19/07/2022

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You can see Ben’s works of art in his galleries in and
If you want to see it for yourself it will take a little prior preparation.
This walk is part of the Conondale Great Walk and follows Booloomba Creek. You walk through subtropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest. The Artist Cascades is a refreshing place to have a swim after the long trek. You can also take a couple of side tracks along the way to the Strangler Cairn and the gold mine.
There are several walking tracks found with the Conondale National Park where you can explore the forests, creeks and waterfalls. Walks include:

🍃 Peters Creek Walk: 500m (return), a short 15-minute walk through an open forest to rock pools.
🍃Booloumba Falls Walk: 3km (return), allow 2hrs for his walk and discover waterfalls and rock pools.
🍃Gold Mine Walk: 5.2km (return); this is a 2.5hr walk with scenic views of Booloumba Creek and leads to an old gold mine from the 1920s.
🍃Strangler Cairn: 6.5km (return), allow 2 1/2 hrs where you will see an impressive 3.7-metre high Strangler Cairn sculpture by artist Andy

The Booloumba Creek Road access to camping areas includes creek crossings that are accessible by high clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles only.

There are three camping areas at Booloumba Creek—camping areas 1 and 3 are suitable for people camping in tents only; camping area 4 is suitable for camping in high clearance four-wheel-drive campervans, caravans and camper trailers.

Nearby Imbil State Forest’s Charlie Moreland camping area, on Sunday Creek Road, is accessible by conventional two-wheel-drive vehicles.

Please look up before you set out.
Note: The Mt Allan fire tower is closed July to 30 November.

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26/11/2021

Highlighting Wappa Falls this morning 🌿with
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Give it another week and pack a picnic for an adventurous day trip to Wappa Falls and Jack Harrison Park on Wappa Dam. For picnicking, BBQ facilities, toilets (with disabled access), children’s playground, walking and bird-watching at Jack Harrison Park and wild water swimming at the Falls, there is heaps to keep everybody in the family happy and busy. Please note NO dogs.
As with all natural spaces, walking trails and rock pools please be careful around slippery rocks and fast flowing water. Please stay within your capabilities for an enjoyable adventure.

16/09/2021

Stepping into another world!
The enchanted Fig Tree Walk forest, Kenilworth.