What should have been 3 easy days on the Boonoo Boonoo according to the "Bushwalking in SE Qld" book was anything but.
A car shuttle was organised by leaving one car at Boonoo Falls and then driving to Undercliff Falls at Bookookoora Ck to start our hike. I personally made some silly decisions such as taking an air matress thinking I could float down the creek until we got to Boonoo Boonoo river. At the bottom of Undercliff Falls I blew up the air matress floating my pack on it whilst I swam behind. Mike and Greg rockhopped around the waterhole to find me on the otherside trying to manage a situation where my backpack was floating metres in front of the air mattress. The mattress did eventually turn out to be ok to sleep on, just hopeless to drift down a creek on.
We should of taken the Eastern ridge but instead rockhopped down the creek. The boulders became larger and larger and an impassable waterfall was soon reached. So we hiked up the Eastern Ridge. This was agonisingly steep and long and so we camped soon after reaching the top.
On the second day we followed the ridge and were soon followed by a very friendly horse. As we wound down to the river we noticed several dead brown snakes on the rough track. The Boonoo Boonoo river was hardly wilderness with plenty of barb wire fences cow turds and occasoinal glimpses of homesteads. It began to rain heavily.
After consulting the map, Greg decided we would save a lot of time if we crossed a ridge as the river almost loops back on itself at this point. So we crossed a ridge in the middle of a storm hoping that God hadn't preordained an early departure due to a lightening strike. Not long after, a dirt road was crossed. Mike became frustrated on one river crossing when both feet ended up in the creek. Coming out the other side, little waterspouts formed every time he stepped. I found this very amusing but came close to been murdered as Mike didn't find this at all funny. Later his pack broke. A little rope was needed to enable him to keep going. Mike had a pretty miserable second day. We set up our second camp in the rain.
Greg's tent was leaking and so he cut a hole in the floor to allow the water to drain. The clouds drifted away by 10pm leaving a crystal clear night.
On the last day we took it easy even swimming (at least I did) from time to time. The real wilderness of Boonoo Boonoo was to be found in this region.
I thought at one point that I had seen a fox tailed rock wallaby. The Boonoo Boonoo was very steep sided and quite spectacular. Hence most photos were taken in this region.
The last climb next to Boonoo Boonoo falls was arduous but very scenic.