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Neurum Creek
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29/01/2022

 

Moreton Bay Region

Australia

 

27°S
153°E

221 - 567m ASL

 

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AFTER a rainy night, I headed back up to The Gantry on Mount Mee. Misty cloud enveloped the forest as I warmed up hiking the short one kilometre Piccabeen Walk through the misty rainforest. Moderate rain was falling through much of the circuit.

After completing the circuit, I followed Neurum Creek Road descending from the plateau towards the headwaters of Neurum Creek. I turned off about a kilometre down the track to follow a short walking track to the two lookouts at Bull Falls. The first lookout was over the Neurum Valley where the cloud was now starting to rise to the hilltops now the rain had stopped falling. The second lookout was over Bull Falls where a stream was flowing over the normally dry channel of gnarly bedrock.

From the lookouts I return to the main gravel road which I continue descending entering exotic pine forest towards the bottom of the valley. Here I cross the flowing headwaters of Neurum Creek before re-entering gum forest and ascending around a spur to where C Break crossed the road. I had initially planned to hike C Break towards Mount Mee, but upon seeing this was a narrow motorbike only track I continued following Neurum Road which descended from the junction for another kilometre before reaching the junction to Neurum Creek Campground. I follow this steep side road and rest at and explore the camping ground.

From the camping ground I returned to the Neurum Creek Road and followed it further as it descended and crossed the creek before rising to another junction just short of Rocky Hole. I followed this side trail heading moderately up the hill to the start of Top Road, now just a firebreak. This followed about two thirds of the way up the hill across the side of the valley heading towards Mount Mee. The forest on this side of the valley was thin eucalypt bush with a break where a row of pylons descended towards crossing the valley. I continued along the road towards its end reaching Centipede Road, another firebreak. I turn right following this firebreak to the gated exit of the national park. I passed a couple carrying a picnic basket heading presumably to Rocky Hole which was by now several kilometres away - they were some of the many people who are misdirected by Google Maps to here instead of heading to The Gantry and following the drivable road from there.

The rain was falling heavily by the time I reached the gate, but a local farmer spotted me and offered me shelter in his shed until the rain stopped. After a great break and chat the sun came out and I started the long hike back to The Gantry following the same route I had followed earlier today. The weather remained clear until I passed Bulls Falls when rain began falling again, but it had cleared by the time I reached The Gantry about half an hour before sunset, following a long 28 kilometre hike for the day.

 
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