Jourama Falls: Walks & Wildlife, Paluma Range National Park, QLD.

Jourama Falls

Jourama Falls Camping Area to Second Causeway:
This short easy walk is great for spotting Saw-shelled Turtles in Waterview Creek. We startled a flock of Peaceful Doves on the walk.

Saw-shelled Turtle

Peaceful Dove

If you don't mind getting your feet feet you could cross Second Causeway and continue on the short distance to the excellent Day Use Area and swimming platform.

Second Causeway

Jourama Falls Walking Track: Moderade Grade.
3 km return from the car park.
4.4 km return from the campground.

It is a pleasant 700 m walk from the campground to the car park at the end of the road.

Car Park and Trailhead for Jourama Falls Walking Track

The walk has interesting scenery criss-crossing Waterview Creek before climbing the last 600 meters to the lookout.

Waterview Creek

Crossing Waterview Creek

It is hard to capture the huge scale of Jourama Creek Falls. In my photo it looks like a trickle, and no doubt it wasn't in full flow when we were there, but in fact each fall is like a regular waterfall and there are several of them descending the rock face. We were very impressed and stood at the lookout for some time taking it all in.

Jourama Falls

We descended and explored Waterfall Creek for some distance but we didn't venture all the way to the bottom of the falls.

Rock formations with Jourama Falls in the distance.

We saw lots of Northern Fantails and Dusky Honeyeaters on the walk.

Northern Fantail

Dusky Honeyeater

We were attracted by the  distinctive trees with tessellated bark. I would hazard a guess that they are Corymbia tessellaris commonly known as Carbeen but trees aren't my strong point. Ant nests in trees were also a common sight.

Tessellated Bark.

Ant nest.

Information about Jourama Falls Camping Area is here.

Birds and Wildlife seen by us in June 2020:

Butterflies: Orange Plane, Evening Brown (winter form). Heliotrope Moth. 

Sugar Ants, Fish, Saw-shelled Turtle, Kangaroo.

Birds: Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Grey Fantail, Northern Fantail, Emerald Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove, Brown Cuckoo Dove, Peaceful Dove, Australian Brush Turkey, Dusky Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Graceful Honeyeater, Little Shrike-thrush, Spectacled Monarch, Spangled Drongo, Pale-yellow Robin ssp nana, Azure Kingfisher, Forest Kingfisher, Welcome Swallow.