I had most of the car packed the previous night, I just had to throw in clothes and the cold stuff for the fridge. I slept in a little bit and had brekkie and a shower before hitting the road around 8:30 am. Then it was north on the M1 to fuel up at Mudgeeraba, not a lot of traffic, so I had an easy run. Turned off at Nerang and headed out through Canungra and then onto Beaudesert where I had some morning tea.
I then headed south through Rathdowney before turning off towards Boonah and then Lake Maroon. Along here I turned off on Waterfall Creek Road, according to the Hema I thought it should loop around and back onto the main road. This however didn't eventuate.
It did however lead to nice little camping and day use area, supposed to contact the council before camping. I continued on and the road became quite steep and a bit washed out in places, nothing to too difficult but a bit challenging. It lead through a farm to a lookout in the Mount Barney National Park. This is where a walk to the Lower Portals starts from, I just walked a hundred metres or so uphill to the lookout.
This is where the road stops as there is a closed gate and private property ahead, so it was back down the same way and back to the main road. I continued west on Carney's Creek and then White Swap road before stopping for a late lunch at Koreelah National Park.
After a quick walk to the Falls and a look at the map, I decided I would head to Tooloom Falls for the evening, as I had visited a couple of times but never camped there. I had forgotten that crossing the NSW border had stolen an hour of my life away but I setup camp anyway (around 4 pm local time) and wandered down to look at the Falls.
There are about half a dozen other campers here but I've set up back away from them. It's a nice little place with lots of black cockatoos around. I relaxed around camp for awhile, cooked dinner and then went to bed to read and plan where to head the following day.
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