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 Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday

Easy

1.7 km return

30 mins

Wishing Pool Circuit

A short walk through rainforest along calm river pools

Walks in Great Keppel Island

(Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday)

Medium

1 km one-way

20 mins

Fisherman's Beach to Shelving Beach

Shortest walk to a snorkelling beach on Great Keppel Island

Medium

5 km return

3 hrs

Fisherman's to Long then Monkey and Shelving

From Fishermans Beach make your way to the old runway behind the resort which you can follow to Long Beach. Then you can head over the head land past an aboriginal shell midden to Monkey Beach then to shelving and back to Fishermans.

Hard

20 km return

1 days

Great Southern Figure of Eight Loop

Start at the western end of Putneys Beach climb over headland to Leekes Beach then inland along a path running to the west of the lagoon. Then turn west then south and go to 2nd Lookout then to Mt Wyndham then continue to clam bay through Butterfly Gully. Then to Coconut point and over to Red Beach then up to the lighthouse. Then along the lighthouse track which follows the ridge line back to the lagoon and historical homesteads. Then past the dam then onto 1st lookout then continue out to Fishermans Beach and then north to the starting point.

Animals: peacocks, snakes, goats, butterflys, sharks and more
Not an official walk but an amalgamation of a few.
Most enjoyable walk i've done followed it with the Northern Beaches Walk also an amalgamation of self design the next day great place to visit worth wish listing.

Medium

2.5 km return

90 mins

Middle Island Summit

Walk from sunset beach to the far Northern point then across the Northern most of the two Eastern beaches and to the summit and back. No actual path some bush bashing and best view is from just before the summit as the summit's view is obscured by trees.

Medium

7 km return

2 hrs

Mount Wyndham Loop

A short walk to the highest point on Great Keppel Island. Has dramatic views of the stunning coast line.

Medium

17 km return

1 days

Northern Beaches

Start point the Western end of Putney Beach head over the headland to Leekes Beach continue along it till the tidal lagoon. If low tide continue straight across to Second Beach if high tide circumnavigate the lagoon then continue onto to Svendsens Beach and around Little Peninsular to Butterfish Bay then cut across the sand hills to Wreck Beach then back across the dunes to svendsens and follow your way back.
Look out for the wildlife, Peacocks, snakes, goats e.c.t.
An amalgamation of walks to provide a day treck.

Walks in Mt Barney Summit

(Mt Barney National Park, South East Queensland)

Hard

2 km return

90 mins

Mt Barney West Peak from Rum Jungle

A walk to the actual summit of Mt Barney (West Peak is higher than East Peak). It's got views, not as crowded as East Peak, and quicker to get to from Rum Jungle.

Walks in North Queensland

Hard

17 km return

5.5 hrs

Alligator Creek Falls - Bowling Green Bay National Park

A longish walk (17 kilometres return) with a spectacular destination at the base of Alligator Creek Falls. The walk commences at the Picnic and Camping area, and is mostly gentle in grade, traversing up the Alligator Creek Valley through grassy open tropical woodlands, riparian forest and patches of rainforest. The walk involves 4 creek crossings, one at Cockatoo Creek, and 3 crossings of Alligator Creek itself. You will need to ford or boulder-hop at these crossings, depending on the water levels. Usually it is an easy boulder-hop, except for after flooding in the wet season. There are a couple sections in the middle of the walk which follow a power-line easement and access road. These sections can be hot and exposed in the middle of the day. This walk is best suited to the cooler months. Swimming is possible at the base of the Falls year round.
The 4 kilometre return walk to Cockatoo Creek provides a pleasant shorter option.

Easy

1.3 km return

30 mins

Babinda Boulders

The Devil's Pool Walk is a 1.3 kilometre return walk along Babinda Creek downstream from the picnic area. Slightly undulating along a rough bitumen track, the walk leads through the rainforest to two viewing platforms where the creek cascades down a series of spectacular waterfalls, granite boulders and washpools.

The Wonga Track Rainforest Circuit is an 850 metre loop walk which begins by crossing the creek on the suspension bridge from the picnic area. Read the information signs along the flat, dirt track about the wide variety of rainforest plants along the walk. There are also some secluded swimming holes along the walk, slightly away from the main swimming area at the picnic ground.