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| Name | Date | Difficulty | Distance/Duration | |
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The Northbrook River Trail (Northbrook Gorges) (Brisbane Forest park D'Aguilar National Park) |
4 Mar, 2024 |
Medium |
6km 3 hrs |
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| VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: LEAVE THE GORGE IF THERE IS RAIN I did this walk with three others on Monday. There was heavy rainfall from 115pm-230pm. It had not been raining that morning, or the day before . We were not right in the gorge. We were further downstream and sitting under an overhanging rock/cave until the rain subsided. At 2:30 pm we heard a loud thundering sound coming down the gorge. We scrambled to higher ground. Within seconds a massive surge of water hurtled through the gorge and downstream, and flooded the creek bed and the cave where we were sitting . The creek had transformed into a raging torrent , with only an hour of steady rain. If anybody was in the Gorges at that time, they would have been unable to get away and swept away in a tsunami- like surge of water. If there is any rain, I would advise getting out of that gorge as soon as possible and to higher ground. It’s just not worth risking being trapped in the gorge if the water suddenly rises . We later found out that there was a total of 147 mm of rain total at Mount glorious and 114 mm over the hour. I would be particularly concerned if there were children in the gorge and this sudden enormous surge of water happened. There needs to be a warning in the information above, and some warning signs at the car park. If this had happened on Sunday instead of Monday, there would been a tragedy if people had stayed in the gorge in the rain . We were pretty sure nobody else was there when we were and there, and no cars were in either car park when we finally got out just before dark.. If you were on the wrong side of the creek when this happened, you would not have been able to cross the creek to get out. And, as we found, once the creek is flooded, you have to find your way out through the bush, without a track (which was under water) , while soaking wet and cold. |
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