Choose a walk Bally Knob (5.9km) McNamee Creek (7.4km) Koolmoon Creek (7.4km) Elizabeth Grant falls (7.4km) Walter’s waterhole (12.1km) Cannabullen falls lookout (12.2km) Rhyolite Pinnacle (14km) Cannabullen Creek (14.5km) Cardwell Range Track (23.4km) Gorrell Walking Track (25.8km) Koolmoon Creek Track (35.5km)

Gorrell Track

Distance: 25.8km one-way

Time: 2 days (approx. 8hrs per day)

Grade: moderate

Accessible from: Mena Creek Road or K-Tree Road

Connects from: Cannabullen Creek track (blue) and Cardwell Range track (red)

Track marker: Yellow

The Gorrell (storm bird) track takes you through the Downey Creek catchment. King tree ferns, bunya pines, epiphytes and giant strangler figs are features of the forest in this area. Cyclone Winifred (category 3) passed through the coastal ranges between Babinda and Tully with wind gusts up to 250km per hour in 1986.The effect of the cyclone is evident at Downey Creek by damages to vegetation and the forest canopy.