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Mapleton Falls, Queensland.

  • Location: Queensland
  • Distance: 1 kilometre
  • Time: 45 minute hike
  • Terrain: Track / Rock
  • Traditional Custodians: Gubbi Gubbi
Moderate

The Wampoo loop starts with a vertiginous lookout over Mapleton Falls then heads off in a fascinating easy stroll through lush rainforest. The circuit has many interpretive signs explaining the forest environment and identifying the various trees, palms and lichens encountered. Why are buttress roots found on so many rainforest trees? To retain leaf litter, absorb oxygen or stabilise the tree? The scientific jury is still out.

  • Mapleton Falls, Queensland walk
  • Mapleton Falls, Queensland walk
  • Mapleton Falls, Queensland walk
  • Mapleton Falls, Queensland walk
  • Mapleton Falls, Queensland walk
  • Mapleton Falls, Queensland walk

Acknowledgement of Country

Wherever and whenever we walk, we acknowledge and pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians and Owners of the land.