The Hickey's Falls Encounter - Australian Mystery

The Pilliga Yowie

In the spring of 2010, a mother pulled into a roadside rest stop south of Coonabarabran so the kids could swim at Hickey's Falls. The car park was silent. Another car was parked by the trail with every door open, and somewhere up the hill a child was crying.

What happened next has become one of the best-known yowie encounters in the country, and it rests on the word of one woman who has never given her name. This is her account, set against the long and strange reputation of the Pilliga and the highway that runs through it.

The Interview: Hickeys Falls Revisited Anniversary Edition', Yowie Central, podcast, Acast, May 2026, https://shows.acast.com/yowie-central/episodes/ep185-hickeys-falls-revisited-anniversary-edition

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Sources:

Australian Yowie Research n.d., Hickeys Falls, New South Wales 2010, witness report, Australian Yowie Research, viewed September 2026, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/2176-hickeys-falls-new-south-wales-2010

Australian Yowie Research 2020, Witness Audio Report #159: Hickeys Falls, New South Wales, YouTube, June 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbBKDeMpezc

Yowie Central n.d., Yowie Central, podcast series page, Apple Podcasts, https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/yowie-central/id1554417233