About Wallaman Falls Section

Walk highlights

The Wallaman Falls Section of Girringun National Park forms part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. It boasts spectacular scenery and an array of plant and animal life. The Wet Tropics Great Walk enables you to discover some of the region’s diverse landscapes. The creeks and rivers are home to platypus, eastern water dragons and saw-shelled turtles. If you are lucky you might catch a glimpse of the unique musky rat-kangaroo or the endangered southern cassowary.

The Wet Tropics Great Walk passes through the traditional lands of the Warrgamaygan Aboriginal people. The land holds great cultural significance to them.

Part of the walking track also follows a section of the Dalrymple Track. This historic route from the coast to the inland enabled essential supplies to be hauled to the frontier homesteads.

Read more about the culture and history of the Wallaman Falls Section of the Wet Tropics Great Walk.

Walk management

The Wallaman Falls Section of the Wet Tropics Great Walk is within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. It is managed by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) for the purposes of nature conservation and nature-based recreation.

A management plan for Girringun National Park will be produced in the future.

Tourism information links

Flinders Mall Information Centre (Townsville Enterprise Ltd)
www.townsvilleenterprise.com.au
Flinders Mall
Townsville Qld 4810
ph (07) 4721 3660 or 1800 801 902
fax (07) 4726 2700
email tel@tel.com.au

Rainforest and Reef Information Centre
142 Victoria Street, Cardwell
PO Box 74
Cardwell Qld 4849
ph (07) 4066 8601
fax (07) 4066 8116
email Hinchinbrook.Camp@des.qld.gov.au

A partnership between QPWS and the Cassowary Coast Regional Council, managed by Great Green Way Tourism Incorporated.

Hinchinbrook Visitor Information Centre
www.hinchinbrookway.com.au
Cnr Bruce Highway and Cooper Street, Ingham QLD 4850
ph (07) 4776 4790
email tourism@hinchinbrook.qld.gov.au

For tourism information for all regions in Queensland see Queensland Holidays.