Summary

The Sunshine State

Queensland has a wealth of bushwalking opportunities including multiple World Heritage Listed rainforests such as the Daintree and Lamington National Park, great coastal and island parks like Fraser Island and Hinchinbrook Island.

Walks

Easy
20km
5hrs

Baroon Pocket to Kondalilla Falls and back

 

A stroll through the SE Queensland rainforest, with spectacular views down Obi Obi creek.

Easy
3km
2hrs

Booloumba Falls

 

Walk through tall open forest and discover this scenic creek's cascades, waterfalls and rock pools.<br /><br />At the junction of Peters and Booloumba creeks view The Breadknife rock formation.<br /><br />Swim in the pool at the base of the falls, wow ! beautiful cool mountain water on a hot summers day.<br /&gt

Medium
15km
5hrs

Broken River walk

 

A walk through Eungella NP, passing through lush rainforest. Sky Window lookout is part way through the walk and an ideal rest stop with an amazing view. Walk ends at Broken River. Follow the winding road back to your car.

Stop back the Eungella Chalet for a cold drink and amazing views after the walk :)

???
12km
4hrs

Camp site 3 to Cooloola sandpatch

 

12 km return/4 hours

Easy
15km
4hrs

Carnarvon National Park - Lonesome Section

 

Carnarvon National Park - Lonesome Section. Good views of Arcadia Valley to the north. Remote walk.

Medium
1.1km
0.7hrs

Castle Hill

 

One of the tracks up Castle Hill in Townsville. We parked on Castle Hill Road at the turn around carpark and walked up this track. Mostly stairs. 1/2 way up there is a viewing platform which leads down to the Goat Track. The views are amazing and well worth the walk. Some people even took their dogs on the walk. Up the top there are toilets and a water fountain for people and another for animals. On the trip down we ventured off to complete the bottom part of the goat track then followed the pat

Easy
17.2km
6hrs

Elanda Point to Harrys camping

 

6(ish) hrs one way

v.Easy
6km
2hrs

Federation Walk

 

This is an easy 3km walk (6km if you go to the end and back) along a well made path through the sand dunes of The Spit. It's perhaps the closest walk to Surfers Paradise and provides a unique insight into the coastal dune network.
The walk starts at the beach carpark on the opposite side of the road from the entrance to Sea World (you'll need to go around the roundabout to get to the carpark). It's basically a 3km stretch of sand dunes, beach and sheoak trees and the path is made of compac

Hard
6km
3hrs

Flinder's Peak

 

Quite an enjoyable walk, fairly close to Ipswich. The track is closed at present, due to rockfalls.

v.Easy
1km
0.5hrs

Gardner's Falls

 

A short walk beside Obi Obi Creek.

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Highlights

World Heritage Areas

  • Fraser Island
  • Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (Lamington NP, Springbrook NP, Mount Chinghee NP, Mount Barney NP, Main Range NP)
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Riversleigh
  • Wet Tropics (Daintree NP, Barron Gorge NP, Cedar Bay NP, Girringun NP, Wooroonooran NP)

Contact details

Environmental Protection Agency - Parks and Forests - http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/