Highlights

Walking trail: Grade 3 | 6km return hike | 3-4 hour return

DANGER: Sheer cliffs and waterfalls. One slip could be fatal—serious injury or death may result from walking near the edge. Keep to the track. Supervise children closely.

Evans Falls is a must-see Aussie Bucket List waterfall when visiting the Gold Coast or Byron Bay regions. If you love waterfalls and ancient rainforest, then you can’t go past Brindle Creek walking track located in the high country of Border Ranges National Park in Northern New South Wales. Following the creek line, this medium walk passes through unspoilt wilderness from Brindle Creek picnic area to Antarctic beech picnic area in the north-east of Border Ranges National Park, near Kyogle.

Passing the turn off to Helmholtzia loop, you’ll think you stumbled into a timeless rainforest wonderland. Here you’ll see huge hoop pines and massive ancient Antarctic beech trees whose trunks grow thick and hairy with lichens and fragrant ferns. Keep your eye out for the huge helmholtzia lillies that thrive in the damp moist air. This high mountain plateau is a cloud factory all year round and you could be enveloped in mist even in the middle of summer.

Unpack a picnic beside picturesque Evans Falls where the swimming hole below the waterfall is ideal for a dip. Further along at Selva Falls, clean mountain water cascades over large moss-covered boulders.

Activities

• Hiking
• Walking
• Photography

Facilities

• Walking trail - grade 3 - 6km return hike | 3-4hour return
• Picnic area
• Carpark