O'Reilly'­s Box Forest Waterfalls

Box Forest Circuit:
Start Time: 9.30 am
Meet-up time: 9.20 am
Distance: 11.8 km return
Time: 3 + hours approximately (+ lunchtime stop)
Difficulty: Grade 3 moderate
Lunch: Please carry it with you
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 Pooling: Nerang Fair and Helensvale Pool Shop at Homeworld both $10 please pay driver. Meet 7.30 am Leave 7.45 am.

Please take advantage of car pooling and shout-out early enough for others to join you at your chosen location.

This is a great little walk with some great water features, an easy one for O'Reillys.

The Box Forest Track leads past Picnic Rock and Elabana Falls. It runs through rainforest and past impressive stands of Antarctic Beech and some of the oldest Brush Box in the park in the form of smooth pink-barked brush box. Similar brush box in other parts of this World Heritage area have been radiocarbon dated at 1500 years, making these giant trees the oldest ever carbon dated on Australia's mainland.

After several switchbacks, a track junction is encountered just above West Canungra Creek. A short (400 metre) detour downstream to the first crossing will bring you to Wongaree and Goondaree Falls, a great spot near a couple of inviting pools. From here we do an about turn as the track heads upstream for 2 kms past a half a dozen waterfalls and cascades.

Box Log Falls is a highlight, tumbling into the end of a short canyon, while Elabana Falls is one of the most photogenic, and photographed, in the park leading on to Picnic Rock where hopefully we will take lunch. The track leaves the creek soon after and winds its way back up to our waiting cars where we may be able to see the O’Reillys bird feeding.

This will be a very scenic and interesting walk viewing several water falls along the route. An easy grade walk for everyone to enjoy. Come along and enjoy the day. This time we will take coffee at O’Reilly’s .

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.