Saturday November 11 - Off-track Koonyum Range Traverse. Members Only, Limited places
About this event
This is a full day traversing between the end of the East Koonyum Range and the West Koonyum Range, ending in Upper Wilsons Creek.
After a steep descent we will be crossing above a huge landslide that runs down into Palmwoods. We take a safe path across the saddle. Then we scrub bash up to Point 656 which has sweeping views up to Tweed Heads and around to the Byron lighthouse and all over the Mainarm Valley. The hike then follows the ridgeline until we take a shortcut off the route of previous years, scrambling down a safe but very steep descent through the cliff-lines beside a spectacular rockslide that was created by last year's flood. The last hour is a gentle slope through giant rainforest trees into a private property in Upper Wilsons Creek.
This is not a beginners hike, and it will only go ahead if the forecast is less than 25c. It will entail a car shuffle rather than a car swap as Dave, our other leader, has a broken foot. If the day is too hot we will walk to a waterfall in Upper Wilsons and have a swim instead.
Grade 4, leader Steve 0414 312 917
