The creek is surprisingly pretty here but contains slippery rocky slabs. Follow these downstream until a major tributary appears to the south. Follow this upstream for a little while and a track will become apparant on the left side. Get on the track and follow it up to the main road and walk about 1km to the kiosk for a well deserved refreshment. Finally follow the marked trail back to J.C. Slaughter Falls and the Car Park.
I found this a pretty walk that was surprisingly good for the proximity to Brisbane. Nice for a few hours break from suburbia! There were an abundance of purple Hovea's in flower in September 2002.
From Boombana, follow the track to Jolly's Lookout. There is some nice rainforest here but is the only real rainforest to be seen all day. Turn right on to South Boundary Road (the first intersection with the track) and ignore the sign that says you need a permit and duck at every vehicle sound or contact BFP to get a permit to cross the water catchment section. About 1 km further on turn right onto Augies Road where some nice mountain scenery becomes obvious after a while.
After several knolls, the road heads down until a water tank on the right is passed. This marks the turn off point to Cabbage Tree Ck. Several km's can be avoided and less strenuous hills are avoided by turning sharp left and then following the road to Mermaid mountain. To have a decent day though, it is better to walk down Cabbage Tree Ck where shady casuarina's and a nice creek are there to be enjoyed. Three left hand turns at track junctions will lead to the Mermaid Mountain ascent. Lovely views of Lake Manchester and Ipswich become obvious near the top of the ridge. Mermaid Mountain is about 300m North West of here. Be sure to turn off the track before it heads down to reach lovely views and an interesting rocky outcrop marking Mermaid Mountain (396 m). This is a great place to have lunch.
Back-track to your ascent point and continue along this track for several km's staying on the ridge until a gate is reached. Continue through the gate but take the track that turns right when the mountain divides into 2 ridges. You will soon be heading south and then up and over a large knoll. The track soon divides in two again and this time turn left towards Pacey Road where hopefully you left a second car.
To continue on, from the top of the falls, follow the creek west then north, then east around a u-shaped bend. At the point where upstream becomes north-west, locate the path that begins with green tape around a tree. Follow the path steeply uphill ascending over 250 m to the top of a knoll. Locate a path at the south end of this knoll marked by green paint (2003) that will lead down a ridge to just above Greenes Falls and folow the graded track to Miala.
Be prepared for a stacks of scrambling over slippery rock. I would regard this creek one of the most challenging in terms of waterfalls and staying dry is a virtually impossible task. A 20m rope came in handy in several locations. The creek is very interesting and scenic with small narrow gorges and waterfall after waterfall after cascades.
The most spectacular waterfall in the region is named "England Creek Falls". It is spectacular and bypassed on the east of the creek. The location of these falls is grid location 738761 on the Kipper Ck 1:25 000 map. For a quick ascent of Northbrook mountain, ascend on to the knoll at 733760. An obvious pad leads up the ridge north to Northbrook mountain.
Follw the ridge east to the east summit of Northbrook Mountain but be careful to take a bearing north east and not to follow the main ridge back to the creek. This bearing (north east) will shortly lead to the main track and then to Lawton road.
There are many alternatives on this walk but a favourite is to follow the lepidozamia track to the top of the knoll just before it becomes a ring road and turn south east along a fire trail. Follow this fire trail until it begins heading north and climb the knoll on the right.
From the top of the knoll follow the ridge with a track almost due south into Kobble Ck. You should arrive about 30 m above a lovely waterfall and swimming hole. A rough track descends the north side of the falls. After a swim (this is where I blew an eardrum jumping off the escarpment on the south side into the waterhole), follow the creek to a major tributary entering from the south at a big shallow waterhole. A few camping spots exist around here.
Folow the south tributary - there are some lovely overhung gorge sections in here - until you reach a major waterfall (Martin Fingland calls this D'Aguilar Falls). A rough track on the north side leads up above the falls.
About 10m up the right tributary above the falls is a ridge on the right that can be followed to a track that exits out onto the Piper Commanche track.
A fairly long day to walk from Dundas road down past the gravel pit at 767712 all the way to Taylors break. The upper reaches until 766697 are fairly waterfall free, with thick rainforest including some wait-a-while. The gravelly substrate makes for quicker walking if there are no vegetation impediments.
From 766698 the going gets much slower due to an interesting series of waterfalls, cascades and slippery rocky slabs. Care must be taken but the area here is well worth a visit. At one point there are great views of the valley ahead and a large ridge.
The rocky slabs and waterfalls give way to more level easier creek walking from 764676. At times some great rocky outcrops are encountered between this point and Taylors break. It may save time by ascending a rocky ridge to get to the break.