Stoney Creek Falls — Attraction in Kuranda

Very nice, but everyone seems to forget to tell newbies that this can be pretty dangerous and it's not a marked trail when walking from the Stony Creek Carpark.

I'm very fit, but I was expecting this to be somewhat of a trail. After the first 20 minutes, the beaten trail ends, and for the next 60 minutes your just walking on the river rocks. Expect to get wet feet, dirty hands and no phone reception. I didn't see anybody at all, so if I hurt myself it could have been pretty bad.

There are probably better waterfalls, and I don't think it was worth the 3 hours round trip.

The first 20 minutes are worth it, but turn...

The trail is odd at first, with lots of rocks along the path. But it doesn't last long that way. There are tons of pools along the river to go swimming it, allowing people to be spread out. We followed the path until it ended, then continued along the river. The water level was so low that we could walk on the river most of the way until we got to the train bridge near the big falls. A bit of scrambling and bouldering was required, so I do not recommend this option if you are alone or have no rock climbing experience, or if the water levels are higher. There were mango trees dropping delicious mangoes along the...

Dodge the Trains or Trek the Creek - Stony Creek falls are nothing sort of an epic Cairns Adventure. Option 1: take the Douglas Track and walk up the mountain and turn left to walk along the train tracks. Option 2: walk up Stony Creek from the car park and swim along the way. Either way, the walk is around an hour to make it to this waterfall. Views are lovely from the Douglas track walk for thrill seekers and having a place to cool off along the Stony Creek walk is an added bonus. I recommend walking up the creek and back along the...