Mapleton Falls National Park, QLD.

Mapleton Falls

Adjacent to the car park, there is a large lookout platform that is wheelchair accessible. The lookout has great views over Obi Obi Valley. However, the view of Mapleton Falls is limited.

Lookout Platform 

View over Obi Obi Valley

The picnic area is a short walk from the car park. Fortunately, we were able to take cover under a shelter shed as it poured with rain while we were there. 

Mapleton Falls Picnic Area

Several Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos were active in the trees behind our picnic shelter.

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Wompoo Circuit; Grade 2, 1.3 km.
Despite the rain we decided to walk the Woompoo Circuit.

Strangler Fig

At the Peregrine Lookout there are good views but it was raining too heavy for me to risk my camera gear.

We did manage to photograph a few birds and we saw three types of robin.

Dusky Honeyeater

Pale-yellow Robin

New Holland Honeyeater

Details for Mapleton Falls National Park, QLD:
Where: Sunshine Coast hinterland. 120 km, 1 hour 40 minutes, north of Brisbane.
Access:  Sealed Roads. The car park is quite small and tight. We had difficulty parking our ute as the car parks were short. Caution: Don't drive the Obi Obi Road from Kenilworth to Maleny if towing or in a large vehicle as on the section of Obi Obi Road south-west of Mapleton Falls Road caravans and large vehicles are not permitted.
Facilities: Wheelchair accessible lookout and toilets from car park. Information shelter. Picnic area 50 meters from the car park: Tables, Shelter Shed.
No Camping.
Prohibitions: No domestic animals.

Bird List: Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Grey Fantail, Rufous Fantail, Dusky Honeyeater, Lewin's Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Eastern Yellow Robin, Pale-yellow Robin, Rose Robin.