4 July 2022 More Exploring of the region

Today is Bill’s Independence Day celebration of 20 years!!

A bit wet and muddy at our campsite

A lot of rain around today too

Not to be daunted we still headed out to explore more of the region…

Lots of Roos at the gate of the property on our way out. Stopped to get photos and video of a couple of them scrapping 

 First stop The Chimney

Lots of things to see on the way too.,. 

Fay Hen Creek that we crossed over several times















These cows were walking along beside the fence. There were more that look just the same with the pretty white markings on, that I took video of 

I also took video of us splashing through the creek crossings, I did manage to catch the splash on this one through the open window and didn’t get wet

Came across this wash out where a temporary by pass road had been constructed 

Finally we reached the end of the navigable road

and fortunately at the right place because here was the amazing Chimney structure 

A bit of a history on this information board that explains that it was built as a copper smelter, in the late 1800s but in fact wasn’t in use for very long

I tried to take a close up photo of the brickwork but failed miserably.

Bill did a much better job

This shows the incredible brickwork involved and st such a height too

Took photos of the other sections of the operation of the smelter…

Then we both took arty photos of each other



Discovery this pretty creeper on the ground and on the fence

Bill managed a really good photo of the flowers

An exploration of the slag heap didn’t reveal anything of interest

Except interesting formed slag

Back over the creek several times again

We passed this property that is on Hanging Rock Creek which is an offshoot of Fat Hen Creek

I got out of the car to take this photo and got chatting to a man that had just come out of the property with his dog (can just see him in my photo) Turns out the property in on Airbnb and he is just there on holiday 

I had seen this, supposed Prophet Mine on the way and was curious to check it out. It was obviously no longer a mine but seemed to be some sort of landscaping supplier but was up for sale

There didn’t seem to be any evidence of any past mining activity but there was this old brick wishing well

The place looked derelict and deserted

Our next place that we had planned to visit was Kinbombi Falls passing through Kilkivan on the way, so we stopped off at Julie’s cafe on the way through

Julie had done a lot of community assistance during the flood, hence received this award

We enjoyed the comfort of the cafe for morning tea

Noticed the furniture in the cafe - same style as in the picnic area at Neureum Creek

On our way past stopped off here to buy a pineapple, some avocados and oranges to support local growers 

Next destination Kinbombi Falls

No information here about the walks just about the area. However…

There were plenty of signs at the start and

along the way

Several trails and lookouts as this map shows, although we did go beyond the trails.

First stop was  down a few steps to a view of the falls

This was my view from the platform

 Bill went a bit further and off the track to get a decent view and photo and video 

We then walked down the steps to the gorge for this view. Before proceeding on to the lookout that is on the top left of this photo

Took this photo for the interesting rock structure

Bill climbed down over the rocks 



Over to the other side to get a better view of the falls

Sadly they weren’t visible from there

This was his view from the other side, just another trickle of a fall

and me standing there watching

Bill then had to climb back of course

We then had all the steps to go back up





We then followed the path along the top of the ridge to the next lookout



Spotted a rock wallaby hopping across in front of us. Unfortunately it was too quick for me to get a close up

Great views from the other lookout



Could even see the steps that we had gone down previously 

and get a close up view of the falls 

Bill continued on around and got photos of me at the other lookout



Onto the next lookout



Pretty creeper on the ground

On to the next set of steps down

Most likely the original sign for the steps down

The trail included a section of walk along the edge of the gorge

with views down

Lots of steps down 

and down

and down

Then the path ran out so it was a bit of a scramble to get to the water 

which I went down very warily as it was wet and slippery 







Bill went on ahead and clambered over the rocks 



Whilst I sat and watched 



This is now the route back up!!!

the steep incline, making sure not to slip 

Then all the steps back up



Pretty bark on this tree






Spent ages here as is evident by all the photos 
But time to move on

We decided that on Ina’s advice to go a little way along Running Creek Road , past the turn off into the property. 

The mountain at Mudlo on our left in the distance

Lots of cows meandering along and crossing in front of us

Lots of creek crossings again

Crossing Wide Bay Creek many times




We ended up continuing along Running Creek Road to the end

We hadn’t really planned on going the whole way but we did in the end. Ended up on the Bauple Woolooga Rd

Passing through Woolooga



Eventually junctioning with the Wide Bay Highway


This was our days journeys mapped with Hema maps

Great day out

Finally got to have a very late lunch cum early dinner - very yummy red empiror with veggies and a cauliflower cheese sauce

Followed by port and chocolate