South East Queensland

Summary

Boarding NSW and the pacific Ocean, it is not uncommon for hikes to have views of both worlds (ocean and hinterland). Hikes here are typically on the great dividing range.

Popular Walks

History

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Features

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Access

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Maps

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Accommodation

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Camping

Council Areas:

  1. Scenic Rim Regional
  2. Gold Coast City
  3. Logan City
  4. Redland City
  5. Ipswich City
  6. Lockyer Valley Regional
  7. Brisbane City
  8. Somerset Regional
  9. Moreton Bay Regional
  10. Sunshine Coast Regional
  11. Noosa Shire

Contact details

See Qld National parks website

Easy
20 km one-way
5 hrs

Coolum Beach to Noosa Heads

Steady and easy walk

Easy
3.5 km return
45 mins

Cormorant Bay Wivenhoe Dam

A 3.5km circuit commencing at a locked gate in the carpark area of Cormorant Bay, Wivenhoe Dam, just south of the dam wall. Drive past the old cafe and around the one-way road watching for the gate on your left. The lower track meanders along the lake, but not on the shore line, with views across the water, then a slight incline leads to a ridge which in turn leads back to the gate. The area is alive with birdlife. Some vegetation is still recovering from a bushfire. There are a couple of sections of pebbles which could be slippery. This is an easy walk suitable for all. Takes about 45 minutes.

Very Easy
2.8 km return
45 mins

Coucal Trail

An easy walk along the river.

Hard
8.8 km return
4.5 hrs

Cougals Cascades to Boyds Butte then Mt Cougal East Peak

A relatively easy walk to Boyd's Butte and on to Mt Cougal East Peak. The Lawyers vine is a nightmare. Look for the pink ribbon at the creek edge just after the saw mill.

Easy
100 m return
10 mins

Cunningham's Crest Lookout

A short boardwalk with interpretive signage leads to the lookout which sits atop the Little Liverpool Range.

Very Easy
40 m return
15 mins

Daggs Falls Lookout

Daggs Falls on Spring Creek makes a dramatic 38m drop as you watch from the lookout above.

Medium
3.6 km return
90 mins

Deer Reserve SF - T1

The northern half of Deer Reserve is a State Forest, containing native forest and hoop-pine plantations on steep mountainous slopes. It’s crisscrossed by management trails, which is perfect for hiking and mountain biking, provided you don’t mind hills.

Medium
2.5 km return
1 hr

Denham Falls walk

This walk leads to a viewpoint above Lip Falls and the swimming hole below it in the Denham Scenic Reserve. Originally, now closed, one hour return walk through rainforest down to the Denham Falls and then to Lip Falls.

No longer can you get down to the falls but it’s still a nice easy walk.
Better to call it "Denham waterfall" walk.

Easy
3 km return
1 hr

Eagleby Wetlands

Adventure trail

Very Easy
2.5 km return
30 mins

Eddie Kornhauser Recreational Reserve

Flood plain parklands with dog off leash area, tidal water ponds and access from different neighborhoods. Network of concrete pathways.