Alligator Creek Swimming Area

Nestled within the cool, mountainous refuge of Alligator Creek in Mount Elliot, this spacious day-use area offers a serene setting for picnics and barbecues. Visitors can enjoy electric barbecues, sheltered picnic tables, and flush toilets, with some facilities accessible to those with mobility impairments. A wheelchair-accessible boardwalk meanders through the shaded riparian forest, leading to the creek's edge. The area is abundant with local wildlife, including kookaburras, flycatchers, honeyeaters, cuckoo-shrikes, jungle perch, and wallabies. Access is via Alligator Creek Road, approximately 25 km south of Townsville on the Bruce Highway.