Done this walk?
This walk has been ticked 2 timesAussie Bushwalking can keep track of your bushwalks.
Login/signup to tick this walk off.Coomera Gorge
(Binna Burra)A hard offtrack footslog up the Coomera river from Gwongoorool Pool.
Distance:
15kmDuration:
10 hoursDifficulty:
v.HardGetting there
Start from the information centre at Binna Burra use the Gwongoorool Pool Walk.
Maps
Hema Lamington National Park map
Route/Trail notes
Follow the path for Gwongoorool Pool and after about 100m from the junction with Illinbah Circuit, look for an old footpath on your left through a small gully. Keep following this gully in a south easterly direction, the path fades and comes back depending on its usage. after about 1km you reach a remarkable strangler fig, you can either bash through the scunge or follow a trail high on the bank. Long pants and gloves are a pretty good idea! Cross over a dry gully and follow down a steep bank to the river. I marked this point and the strangler fig which I then removed on the way out, this been the only navigational difficulty I faced. I then rock hopped crossing the river at frequent intervals heading upstream to the Gorge. After passing a landslip and a narrowing of the gorge there was a 3-4m cascade that was easiest climbed on the right. After this the falls were about 30min ahead. The return trip simply retraces your steps. I found that it took 4 and half hrs there and 3 and half back. he hike up from Gwongoorool pool was very tiring.
Permits/Costs
Nil
Other References
Take A Wallk in South-East Queensland. John and Lyn Daly