Goldfield Track - Cairns
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The Goldfield Track in Wooroonooran National Park leaves Babinda Boulder and makes its way over the saddle between Mount Bellenden Ker and Mount Batle Frere, the two tallest mountains in Queensland, to the Goldsborough Valley.
The track follows Babinda Creek upstream through lowland rainforest with epiphytes and vines. Leaving the creek, but still on flat ground, the track enters World Heritage listed Wooroonooran National Park. The track begins to ascend to about 4.5 kilometres along, crossing several mountain streams and taller rainforest with a dense canopy to reach the saddle amidst mountain rainforest.
The descending trail passes through a grove of king ferns with fronds up to 6 metres long and rare feather palms.
The pools of the East Mulgrave River provide excellent opportunities for swimming. The back end of the track follows an old logging road along the river to the Goldsborough Valley campground.
