Moran’s Falls Track

How to get there

1. Green Mountains via Canungra. Watch for the Python Rock and Moran’s Falls trailhead before the final lodge/day-use area.
2. Alternatively walk the sealed Centenary Track from Green Mountains day-use (adds distance/time).

How to do it (step by step)

1. Start at the signed Moran’s Falls track. It is downhill to the lookout — budget the climb back.
2. Stay behind barriers and on the formed track at the falls lookout. Do not scramble the cliff.
3. Optional: Python Rock from the same trailhead if energy remains — that is a separate Grade 3 return, not “part of Moran’s.”

What to expect

Official: 4.4 km return, about 1.5 hours, Grade 4, Python Rock and Moran’s Falls trailhead. You walk down to a lookout over Moran’s Falls, then climb back. It is the honest “named waterfall” product for mixed groups who should not start Toolona.

Trailhead honesty

The Moran’s / Python trailhead sits on the access road before the main Green Mountains day-use area. Centenary Track (Grade 1, 1.8 km return, ~30 min) links toward day-use — useful, not invisible distance.

Failure: circling for lodge parking while the correct trailhead had space. Read signs, not only the O’Reilly’s pin.

Map (orientation)

Pin may be approximate. Confirm trailheads, parking and track status on Queensland Parks before you drive.

Itineraries that use this walk

3–5 hours on the Green Mountains plateau (+ 2 hr class each way from Brisbane)

Short waterfall day — Moran’s, Python & Centenary

Green Mountains only: Centenary Track, Python Rock lookout and Moran’s Falls — named waterfall and escarpment views without a 6-hour creek circuit. Tree Top Walk only if it replaces a walk, not stacked on top.