Wednesday 27th June 2001. MCKENZIE FALLS, Ravenshoe area, Features: cliffs, waterfalls, swimming holes. Leave: 8.30 am. Standard requirements. Grade is moderate. Length medium. Contact Sue SODA on 40922283.
It was wet and cool on the Tableland for this one but I was keen to get back after missing the previous one to Stannary Hills, while we were in Melbourne. I forgot to take leech repellent and tried to ignore them but after great self control for nearly the first week I started scratching and ended up with some nasty sores on the back of my legs. Pat Gillespie wore panty hose and did not get any. It was a good walk but a bit slippery. We had smoko above the falls then climbed around above them, descending to the Millstream which bent around the spur and returning up the other side of it. A nice variation of vegetation as we went. The views were limited by the weather.
It was wet and cool on the Tableland for this one but I was keen to get back after missing the previous one to Stannary Hills, while we were in Melbourne. I forgot to take leech repellent and tried to ignore them but after great self control for nearly the first week I started scratching and ended up with some nasty sores on the back of my legs. Pat Gillespie wore panty hose and did not get any. It was a good walk but a bit slippery. We had smoko above the falls then climbed around above them, descending to the Millstream which bent around the spur and returning up the other side of it. A nice variation of vegetation as we went. The views were limited by the weather.
Smoko - We climbed up to our left and followed the river down that side across the top of the photo. The third photo on this page shows the view looking back at the falls below here.
smoko and slippery rocks
looking back towards our smoko spot
I surprised myself by following the boys and leading the way for the girls across this log. Bob Lewis,
Kellie Lewis [unrelated], Noel Brooks.
View back up the creek on our way back
