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 **Subscribe now to Strewth Premium on Patreon** - https://www.patreon.com/cw/StrewthPodcast   **Strewth social media links** - https://linktr.ee/strewthpodcast  **Contact me** - strewthpodcast@gmail.com **Theme Music** - Jesse Frank on Pixabay **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 Australian Yowie Research n.d., *Pilliga, New South Wales 1976*, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1919-pilliga-new-south-wales-1976 Australian Yowie Research n.d., *Pilliga, New South Wales 1978* (the Torana account), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1441-pilliga-new-south-wales-1978 Australian Yowie Research n.d., *Pilliga, New South Wales 1979* (AAP report quoting Constable Wayne Warren), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1440-pilliga-new-south-wales-1979 Australian Yowie Research n.d., *Pilliga, New South Wales 1979* (second transcription of the AAP report), https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1442-pilliga-new-south-wales-1979-sp-19667 Australian Yowie Research n.d., *Pilliga, New South Wales 2001*, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1577-pilliga-new-south-wales Australian Yowie Research n.d., *Pilliga, New South Wales 2003*, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1443-pilliga-new-south-wales-2003 Australian Yowie Research n.d., *Pilliga, New South Wales 2010*, https://www.yowiehunters.com.au/new-south-wales/1444-pilliga-new-south-wales-2010 Ridley, W 1875, *Kámilarói and Other Australian Languages*, 2nd edn, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, Sydney, digitised by the National Library of Australia, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1099858783/view