General Information
Distance: 1.5 kilometers
Total climb: 128 meters
Time taken: 3 hours
Map: Cotter Dam 8627-2N; 1:25: 000
Guide: Graeme Barrow, Namadgi & Tidbinbilla Classics: Tough Bushwalks in Canberra's
High Country (2000), pp. 9-12.
Start point distance by road from Canberra GPO: 47 kilometers
Start point map grid reference: 55H FA 66085 92934
Destination map grid reference: 55H FA 66349 93350
End point: same as start
Route
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Descriptionj
We started our walk at a point on Pabral Road. To get there we drove down Brindabella Road to Curries Road, which is on the right a little after Brindabella Road turns to gravel. We then followed Curries road until it meets Pabral Road (just after crossing Condor Creek), and followed Pabral Road for about 4.5 kilometers. At our hiking start point the road divides around some tall gum trees, and we parked the car here. We headed into the moderately dense scrub in a generally north-northeast direction using a GPS to navigate to the falls. As we came closer to Coree Creek we heard the sound of falling water and headed towards this, eventually coming to the modest upper falls.
Crossing the Creek here, we headed downstream for a short distance to the top of the main falls.
From here we climbed down to the pool at the bottom of the falls.
Crossing Coree Creek again here, we started our climb straight up out of the gully. This was very steep and treacherous, requiring us to find handholds as well as footholds on much of the climb. We were exhausted by the time we reached the top and had to rest a while before we navigated back through the scrub to Pabral Road. Although short in distance, this was a difficult walk. The falls, however, are worth the effort.
Crossing the Creek here, we headed downstream for a short distance to the top of the main falls.
From here we climbed down to the pool at the bottom of the falls.
Crossing Coree Creek again here, we started our climb straight up out of the gully. This was very steep and treacherous, requiring us to find handholds as well as footholds on much of the climb. We were exhausted by the time we reached the top and had to rest a while before we navigated back through the scrub to Pabral Road. Although short in distance, this was a difficult walk. The falls, however, are worth the effort.
