1. This document provides directions for a 13 km hiking route called the Waterfall Creek Circuit near Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd in Australia. 2. The route follows a 4WD track upstream along Waterfall Creek for over 4 km with eight creek crossings, then turns right and climbs to a ridge top before descending to Chesters Rd. 3. After crossing Chesters Rd and the road again, the route follows fence lines, turns right and crosses two small gullies before continuing north and returning to Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd near Numinbah Hall.

1. Kokoda Challenge - Training Route 6
Waterfall Creek Circuit (page 1 of 2)
Section Length: 13 kms
DIRECTIONS
Start UBD Ref: Map 46-B19
Start GPS Position: (AGD66 datum) 56 523530E 6890045N Height: 110metres
Starting Point: Intersection of Pine Creek Rd and Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd.
1. From the quarried area on the south side of the intersection, look for a National Park gate on a 4WD
track leading east away from the levelled area.
2. Go through the gate and follow the main 4WD track, which generally follows the course of Waterfall
Creek upstream (mostly south to south-east) for over 4km with eight creek crossings. Follow the main
track and ignore any minor offshoots on the left (some signed ‘No Entry’, others unsigned), and also the
two uphill ones on the right just before the seventh crossing. After the eighth creek crossing, the track
climbs gently for about 800 metres arriving at a gate.
The Kokoda Challenge values the natural environment and aims for all our activities to have a minimal
impact. Please ensure you practise minimal impact bushwalking doing nothing and leaving nothing that
shows where you have been.
This map and directions are kindly provided by the Gold Coast Bushwalkers Club and
are accurate only at the time of writing. Thankyou.

2. Kokoda Challenge - Training Route 6
Waterfall Creek Circuit (page 2 of 2)
Section Length: 13 kms
3. Turn here: At the gate (do not cross it), turn right and continue west (go past the ‘No Entry’ sign) and steeply
uphill to the ridge top, then continue downhill on the other side to the exit gate on Chesters Rd (unsealed).
4. Cross Chesters Rd and continue straight through another gated entrance on the other side of the road.
5. Follow this track west along the boundary fence, which is on your left.
6. The track soon turns to the right, following the fence and heading north. After crossing two small gullies and
attaining a minor ridgeline, continue ahead where the Great Walk intersects on the right. Continue north to cross
another small gully, then follow the track as it turns left (west again) to follow the fence.
7. After another 800m, as you approach the village of Numinbah, a foot track, which is part of the Great Walk,
veers off to the right.
8. Turn here: Ensure you turn right here, to avoid the nearby houses. Soon Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd and the
Numinbah Hall come into view at a foot track intersection at the forest edge.
9. Turn here: Take the left turn and exit to Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd. Cross the road to Numinbah Hall.
Note: Numinbah Hall (UBD Map 65:P4) is approximately the half way point of the actual Kokoda Challenge event
and is a major checkpoint with support crew access on the challenge weekend. Some participants may find it
more convenient when training to start and finish this ‘Waterfall Creek Circuit’ section from Numinbah Hall
because of the availability of parking and facilities.
10. Re-cross the road and turn left up the same track again, this time heading north. Follow it past where the
previous track comes in on the right, and continue to head north, keeping Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd nearby on
your left.
11. Pass straight through the Waste Transfer Station. Please avoid damaging any revegetation bordering this
Station area. Look for a continuing footpad on the other side near the yellow Council sign.
12. Continue north as before for another 400 metres. Just after passing an old quarry on your right you arrive at
Chesters Rd (unsigned, unsealed).
13. Turn here: Turn right and follow Chesters Rd east for 800 metres until a National Park gate is visitble about
30 metres over on the left (if a hairpin bend has been reached on Chesters Rd, this gate has been overshot by
about 200 metres).
14. Turn here: Veer left through this gate and follow the track north-east up to the high point (302metres on the
map). Now stay on the main ridgeline (Tagablum Spur), in a general north-west direction. The ridgeline initially
climbs gently for about 600 metres to the 329m spot height, then generally starts to lose height as it swings more
north.
15. After about 1km from the 329m high point, the track then descends off the ridgeline veering west slightly at
first. Follow the descent to where the track has largely levelled out, and look for a pronounced grader drain on
the right. (At Map Ref: 235 895 AGD66). This point is about 300 metres before a gate on the Nerang-
Murwillumbah Rd. A footpad follows off the end of this grader drain. There may be a star picket marking this
turn point.
16. Turn here: Turn right to follow this footpad which heads gently downhill through the regrowth for about 300
metres in a north-east direction to a flatter area, then veer right onto an old vehicle track and continue to the T-
intersection with the Waterfall Creek Track (just north of the first creek crossing).
17. Turn here: Turn left and walk 700 metres back to the corner of Pine Creek Road and the Nerang-
Murwillumbah Road.
Finish UBD Ref: Map 46-B19
Finish GPS Position: (AGD66 datum) 56 523530E 6890045N Height 110 Metres
Finishing Point: Intersection of Pine Creek Rd and Nerang-Murwillumbah Rd
The Kokoda Challenge values the natural environment and aims for all our activities to have a minimal
impact. Please ensure you practise minimal impact bushwalking doing nothing and leaving nothing that
shows where you have been.
This map and directions are kindly provided by the Gold Coast Bushwalkers Club and
are accurate only at the time of writing. Thankyou.