Mickey Creek

GPS Tracks

357 Mickey Creek (GPX)

Wander along Mickey Creek and into narrow side gorges where the walking track becomes a rock-hopping adventure. Swamp wallabies are often seen resting here. Rocky sections of this track are slippery and caution is needed on creek crossings. The formed track ends 1.5km from the Mickey Creek car park.

Bird Watching

Scrambling or Climbing

No Dogs Permitted

No Camping Permitted

Rainforest

Eucalypt Forest

554m

Maximum Elevation

81m

Total Climb

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Getting there:

Drive into Carnarvon Gorge off the Carnarvon Highway via Carnarvon Access Road and follow to just beyond the entry to the park and on the left hand side is a small car park to the entrance of the walk.

Maps:

Carnarvon Gorge National Park

Route/Trail notes:

A well maintained track from the car park, takes you 1.5km along the creek. Beyond that, you are on your own to work your way up as far as you can go. This involves rock hopping and crisscrossing the creek, walking ledges and supporting yourself through small crevices. After 300m, there is a gorge to your right that gets seriously narrow that would take you to a 'T' junction, but unsure where that leads beyond that. To the left, you can continue a further 550m till you are faced with massive boulders that prevent your progress.

Return by the same route.

Permits/Costs:

None.

Other References/Comments:

Most people will take the opportunity to complete both Mickey and Warrumbah Creek on the same trip.

The Gorge is a long way out, so there are a number of places just outside of the National Park to camp: Takarakka Bush Camp, Wilderness Lodge and Sandstone Park and in the holiday season, Carnarvon Gorge Camping Area.

Gorge conditions change year on year due to storm and flood, so how far up the creek you can progress may change.

GPS Tracks

357 Mickey Creek (GPX)

Comments

Easy walk but do before doing Carnarvon gorge proper as once you do those walks, this is less impressive.
Pete on 7 Jun, 2023

Mickey Creek itself is not that spectacular, but towards the end of the walk there is track going right to Warrumbah Gorge which is stunning. This is the highlight, don’t miss it. The track is marked but you can keep going beyond the marked track for quite a distance up the gorge.
Olwyn on 10 Sep, 2021

This is not a hard walk! Make sure you keep walking past the sign that says ‘end of formed track’. The track is clear to follow over the rocks and after a hundred metres or so, you will be up in the gorge! It’s impressive but Warrumbah is better!
S K on 24 Jun, 2021

Yesterday I was in the Main Gorge, but today is all the side trips. I was told; 'go beyond the maintained track', and they were right, that is where the adventure begins. I managed a further 800m scramble up through the creek, till I was faces by a series of huge boulders that blocked my path. I subsequently found that you can climb under the boulders, but being on my own and nobody else around, it was not a risk I was prepared to take.
F.A.B. on 13 May, 2021

Easy walk. Good path and plenty of wildlife about.
Nathan Boyce on 2 Oct, 2019

A great, easy 3km return hike with a small amount of rock hopping. Quite picturesque and we were fortunate to see an echidna walking along near us before he/she started curling and burrowing for their life! Definitely worth doing when in the area.
S K on 28 Sep, 2019

An easy walk with some rock hopping. Picturesque. Saw a wallaby, echidna and white-browned scrubwrens.
Anoogle on 28 Sep, 2019

Good fun. Rock scrambling was worthwhile.
jgrun14 on 2019

Easy walk up the gorge and rock hopping beyond the formed track marker.
Don’t miss the short side track into Warrumbah Gorge - it might only be a couple of hundred metres but leads to a short easy climb up into a spectacular cliff formation.
GMess on 4 Nov, 2018