Serenity Falls - Buderim

 Serenity Falls at Buderim is a very popular place on a hot day.  

There are plenty of carparks available at the end of Quorn Close.  It is a circuit of about 700 metres.  It is a steep but easy walk of about 350 metres down to the bridge and falls with many high rock steps.  The walk back up is an easier gradual slope.  Some people may find it easier to take the right hand path at the fork for the gradual path down and then back up the same way if you don't like steps.

We shall visit again after rain, and also take some time to walk down the creek.

Serenity Falls

Serenity Falls

Take the time to look around

Booloumba Falls, Conondale National Park

It was a slow drive to Booloumba Falls, as I kept wanting to stop to take photos along the way.  

Booloumba Falls has been on the 'to visit' list for some time, but had been avoided due to the reported need for a high rise 4X4.  We have an Nissan XTrail 4X4, which is not high.

I am very thankful to a colleague, who suggested that rather than driving the circuit, that we take the road through the Charlie Moreland campground when there has not been much rain.  It was a lovely and easy drive on a rocky track.  We didn't have any water crossings either.  but there were several places that would likely have water crossing the road after rain.

After rain the water would cover the track here

Such a beautiful drive

This is steeper than it looks, but was still easy.

It is an easy 1.5 kilometre walk from the carpark to the main Booloumba Falls
(3 kilometres return)

There are a series of cascades along the creek

Many people stopped here to swim, thinking it was the main falls

 

The main falls are at the end of the track

Boonoo Boonoo Falls

We were very impressed with the maintenance of the Boonoo Boonoo National Park.

We camped at the Cypress Pine Campground.  There are several camping spaces which are not too close together and allow the car to be at the camp.  Each camp has a picnic table and fireplace.  Nearby there is a drop toilet, firewood shed and sheltered barbeque.  There are several walks to the river from the camp ground, including Platypus Pools.  Although it was summer there were many wildflowers around too.

You can hike about 6 kilometres along the river (and see several cascades) to arrive at Boonoo Boonoo Falls.  However we chose to drive to the falls and take the short easy walk to the falls and rock pools.

Nearby we also enjoyed Thunderbolts Hideout, the walk up Bald Rock and Upper Swamp Falls.

Boonoo Boonoo River behind Cypress Pine Campground

Boonoo Boonoo River

Boonoo Boonoo falls is where Banjo Patterson reportedly proposed to Alice Walker

Boonoo Boonoo Rockpools would be a lovely swimming hole on a hot day