Out again with the Sunshine Coast Bushwalking Club on Sunday, and walk leader Jon treated us to another of his classic off-track experiences.
We went to Bellthorpe National Park near Woodford, and explored Stony Creek. In fact we soon diverged from Stony Creek proper, and went up a previously unnamed tributary, which I dubbed 'Stonier Creek'. The stones were boulders, and a few hours of boulder-hopping was the prescription. That and near-vertical bush-bashing around impassable but very scenic waterfalls.
I learnt to keep my eyes open for stinging trees, aka gympie-gympie, or Queensland Stinger (Dendrocnide moroides), the leaves of which I'm assured have a very painful sting, which can affect you for up to 6 months! We encountered several, but avoided contact.
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