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Atherton Tablelands Walking Trails – North

1 Davies Creek Falls Biboohra Cairns 1km | 20 mins | Moderate ! via Kuranda Walk through eucalyptus woodland to impressive waterfall cascading 75m into Davies Creek. Good birding. 2 Emerald Creek Falls 4km | 1 hour | Moderate Walk through eucalyptus woodland to beautiful waterfalls tumbling over granite boulders into placid pools, good wildlife and birding. 3 Kauri Creek 5km | 2.5 hours | Moderate Rainforest shaded circuit walk, following and crossing beautiful Mareeba 1 Kauri Creek. ! ! 4 Lake Euramo 500m | 15 mins | Easy Features a small crater formed by volcanic explosions 10,000 years ago leading to short rainforest 2 shaded circuit walk. ! 5 Mobo Creek Crater 650m | 15 mins | Moderate Track follows edge of creek through upland rainforest, good birding, possible platypus sightings. 6 Cathedral Fig Tree 300m | 15 mins | Easy Short walk to superb strangler fig, good birding. Walkamin ! 3 7 Hallorans Hill ! 3km | 1 hour | Moderate Shaded walk through Hallorans Hill Conservation Park to the summit of Hallorans Hill. Explore mixed !4 eucalypt and Mabi forest as you climb the extinct volcanic cone, and enjoy !5 excellent bird watching and scenic !6 views. 8 Yapi/Widow Maker 4.5km | 1.5 hours | Experienced An energetic walk within 2km of Kairi Cairns Atherton town centre. Good views ! via Gordonvale and birding. Please observe shooting range danger signs and stay on walking track. 9 Peterson Creek 4km | 2 hours | Easy Atherton Longstanding revegetation project ! 7 run by volunteers. Occasional ! 9 Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo sightings. !8 ! 10 11 10 Curtain Fig Tree ! ! 150m | 10 mins | Easy Short boardwalk loop featuring endangered Mabi forest and unique Strangler Fig, good mammals and birds. 11 Lake Eacham 3km | 45 mins | Moderate Rainforest shaded circuit walk around Malanda a beautiful 60ha volcanic crater lake. Herberton Ravenshoe ! TABLELAND WALKS - NORTHERN * Walking trails are between 500m and 8km return. * These trails are generally readily accessible from town centres and villages and can be walked kms N in a few minutes to a few hours with limited logistics and support. 0 2.5 5 10 * All times and distances are approximate and based on return to your start point..

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