Coomera Falls

The Coomera Circuit is closed between Coomera Falls and the Border Track, as is most of the Binna Burra section of the National Park. We will go to the Falls Lookout and return. This will be 11 kms in total.

Area: Binna Burra
Coomera Falls Circuit:
Area: Main Border Track Binna Burra:
Distance: 17.4km
Start time: 9.00am
Time: 3 to 3.5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate Grade 3 (some mildly slippery areas)
Cost: $2

Walk leader: Warwick 0408 300056
Please read the Conditions of Group Membership and event participation at the end of the walk description.

Car pool: meet at Coles Nerang at 7.50 leave at 8. Please put up a shout out early if you would like to carpool. Suggest $5 per person. Remember its not the true cost but the thought and appreciation that counts.

Meet up Top Café car park Binna Burra (Follow road as far as it will go)
Carry your lunch in your back-pack:

PLEASE CHECK ALL WALKS AT 7.30 am ON THE MORNING OF ALL WALKS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE BEEN CANCELLED OR AMENDED.

After leaving the Coomera Seat Junction, the track winds down the Beechmont Range and into the Coomera Valley itself. It passes through dense rainforest with occasional small creeks crossing the track as the lower slopes are reached. There are some very interesting tea-tree thickets on the way down to the main falls as well as large stands of eucalyptus and brush box. Near the main falls, (5.4k’s from start) the beautiful Yarrabilgong Falls cascade directly into the gorge from the opposite cliffs.

STAND on the parapet (see picture) and look down 160m into the luxuriously green Coomera Gorge and the relentlessness of time becomes apparent. The rainforest mountain stream which turns into the Coomera River bounces down a succession of small rapids, before crystal-clear water spreads and freefalls in a silver veil to the rocks far below.

The main falls are spectacular in the wet season and as we have just had some rain we should see the benefit of that as the mist and spray fill the gorge.

Conditions of Group Membership and event participation
1 GCMWWG is not an incorporated association or organisation and is composed of individuals who join with each other in an informal manner to engage in the pleasurable activity of bushwalking and accordingly each individual member is required to take personal responsibility for his or her own safety and to comply with the recommendations published on the Group’s meet up website and with directions given from time to time by any walk leader of a Bushwalk undertaken by the Group.
2 Participants are recommended:
(i) to wear walking boots which provide ankle support;
(ii) carry his or her own rucksack which will contain at least 1 litre of fresh water in watertight containers and personal first aid items including band-aids (or similar), bandages, antiseptic, insect repellents and sunscreen and foodstuffs appropriate to the length and timing of the bushwalk;
(iii) to make a realistic assessment prior to participating in a bushwalk as to whether the participants’ physical condition will allow the participant to enjoyably and safely engage in the bushwalking activity without endangering the safety and enjoyment of other participants;
(iv) to wear or carry clothing suitable for each walk including clothing (such as a waterproof jacket or poncho) that is appropriate for unexpected changes in the weather.
3 Each bushwalk undertaken by the Group shall have a nominated leader who will walk at the front of the Group (“walk leader”) and a nominated person who will walk at the rear of the group (“back marker”). The walk leader will set the pace of the walk and will halt the walk at appropriate times in his or her discretion for rests and drink breaks and meal breaks. The back marker will endeavour to keep the group together at all times and to notify the walk leader if any untoward accident or injury is sustained by any participant. The walk leader and the back marker for each bushwalk will be nominated by the Group Leader.
4 Each participant will be required to observe any directions or instructions given by the walk leader including any instruction to shorten the walk, change the route of the walk or abandon the walk due to any unexpected change of circumstances such as track closure or obstruction, inclement weather and/or injury or illness suffered by any member.
5 Any one of the Group Leader, walk leader or back marker for each bushwalk undertaken by the group shall carry with him or her a mobile phone and a first aid kit.
6 There shall be published in each event's description a degree of difficulty by the Group a statement as to the degree of difficulty of the proposed bushwalk so that members may realistically assess whether they (or their guests) have the requisite degree of physical fitness required to pleasurably and safely undertake the proposed bushwalk.
7 Details of each proposed bushwalk including the walk route, the commencement time and the anticipated time required to complete the walk will be published on the Group’s meet up website.