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.

Other Information

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

Queensland Parks and Forest:
https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/

Regions

The link below provides a region map of QLD as a reference to what council zones are included in the 7 geographic regions of QLD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Queensland#/media/File:Qld-regions-map.gif

1. Far North Queensland
2. North Queesnland
3. Central Queensland
4. Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday
5. Wide Bay Burnett
6. Darling Downs South West
7. South East Queensland

Walks in D'Aguilar National Park

(Brisbane Forest park D'Aguilar National Park, South East Queensland)

Medium

4.7 km return

3 hrs

Love Creek Falls

Rock hop up Cedar Creek past Cedar Falls and take the right turn onto Love Creek then follow it to Love Creek Falls.

Very Easy

100 m return

5 mins

McAfee's Lookout

Short walk to a McAfee's Lookout.

Medium

18 km return

5 hrs

Mermaid Mountain

Bush walk from Mt Crosby (town) to Mermaid mountain in Brisbane Forest Park. Lots of uphill tracks and great view of Lake Manchester and surrounding hills from the top.
Entrance for walk from Wirrabara Road, which is off Mount Crosby Road.
Start on the Powerline Road firetrail then turn left onto Rocky Mountain High Break. After about 9kms you will reach the view!
Finally, return to Wirrabara Road via the same path in reverse.

Medium

10 km

5 hrs

Middle Kobble bush camp walk

Remote bush camping in an open grassy area next to Kobble Creek, in the remote northern section of the park. A short walk takes you to the top of the Kobble Creek waterfall. Keep an eye out for the prehistoric-looking Lepidozamia (cycads) on your walk to the bush camp. Skinks and keelbacks (freshwater snakes) can be seen basking on the rocks at the top of Kobble Creek waterfall. Bottlebrush plants flower along the creek beside the bush camp in spring.

Easy

1.3 km return

1 hr

Mill Rainforest Walk

Part of the Mt Mee section of the D'Arguilar National Park.
This subtropical rainforest track provides great opportunities for birdwatching. The track entrance is accessed by a short unsealed formed gravel road

Medium

6 km return

2 hrs

Morelia Track

This track takes walkers from the Manorina car park to Mount Nebo lookout. Trek through wet eucalypt forest containing groves of cabbage tree palms, recognised by their huge, fan-shaped leaves. At Mount Nebo lookout, enjoy spectacular views over the Samford Valley to Moreton Bay. The track is well defined and gently-sloping. Keep your eyes peeled for a few of the old track markers with distances marked in miles.

Medium

5 km return

90 mins

Mount Byron

Out and back trail to Mount Byron that can be accessed by 4wd or added onto a walk of the Somerset Trail. Walk is initially along fire trail up and over the summit of Mount Byron before it ends on the far side from there continue along single trail to enjoy views from the cliff line on the Southern side of Mount Byron.

Hard

6 km return

2 hrs

Mount D Aguilar

A walk to the titular peak of the D'Aguilar National Park, which can easily be combined with a side trip to the Piper Comanche wreck.

Hard

35 km return

8.5 hrs

Mount Mee Section

Excellent training walks for events like Gold Coast Kokoda. Some sections in particular the horse trails can be quite steep and long. There are flatter options if you stick to Range Road etc. Mobile service is scratchy. Can share GPS map of my walks.

Hard

7.6 km return

4.5 hrs

Mount Samson

Sorry, this walk is now closed. This area is now private property, no entry is permitted.