Morans Falls
(Lamington National Park)Visit the falls near the O'Reilly's original hut on the plateau and grab some great views across the gorge towards Castle Crag.
Getting there
Head to the Green Mountains section of Lamington National Park. The walk to Morans Falls starts about 1km before you reach the car park at the end of the road.
Maps
The walk is clearly marked. Track maps are available from the information centre.
Route/Trail notes
Follow the track! Make sure to follow the track past the first lookout (after snapping some photos) down to where the track crosses the creek (great place for a snack) and on to the lookout a few hundred metres further on. This gives a great view over the gorge out towards Main Range.
Other References
Just about any guide book/website/brochure for Lamington or O'Reilly's will have something on the walk.
It's also worth checking out Bernard O'Reilly's book "Green Mountains" which describes the family's move to the plateau, including their first hut near Morans Falls.
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Comments
Walkinghawk on May, 2011
Ive done this walk a number of times, but now include it as a extended walk by going in via the border track then out to the old loggers camp out to orchid grotto then along the cliff line to moonlight crag and balancing rock then walk back around the road to the track that leads to the top of moran falls, walk out along the creek to reach the top of the falls, then walk back to the track and continue to see the best views of the falls follow the track to complete then walk back to the road, then a short walk back up to the car parkStellar on 22 May, 2010
Good walk down, stopping at the look out over the falls then crossing over the falls and checking out the view from the other side. Crossed paths with a family on the way back up at the first look out and learned we had left the lights on in the car :P We ended up jogging/running back up but unfortunately the battery died. LOL Really quick way to make it back to the top.WorldWalker on Oct, 2007
Nice big waterfall. Did this as part of Walkinghawks "extended" version. Makes for a long challenging day.