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.

History

Any interesting history for the region?

Features

What are the standout bushwalking features?

Access

How do you get there? Include all access points if there are many?

Maps

Which maps cover the region?

Accommodation

Where can I stay there? or near there?

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

Walks in Gold Coast

Hard

6 km return

2.5 hrs

Mount Nathan (Clagiraba Road access)

From creek to mountain through the bush. Views towards the east from Mt Nathan.

Easy

2 km return

40 mins

Mount Nathan (Nathan Valley Road access)

A short walk through the Mount Nathan Reserve to the summit of Mount Nathan with some views of the Gold Coast.

Medium

1.4 km return

30 mins

Mount Wongawallan

With multiple entrances to the reserve, it's your choice if you want a long or short walk either way there will be steep gradients. Once reaching the top of Mt Wongawallan you can find a deep hole, (assumed to be an old mine shaft) and a bit beyond that a wonderful lookout looking towards the Gold Coast Skyline.

Medium

6 km return

2 hrs

Nerang National Park Ridge Loop

A walk in Nerang National Park ascending via the Nerang Break to the highest point in the National Park and then following the ridge North till dropping down to the Western Break via the steep 400 Break. Then following the Western Break to the start.

Easy

1.2 km one-way

30 mins

Oceanview Walk

This track leads around the rocky headland from Tallebudgera Creek to the southern edge of Burleigh Heads township.

You can look at the tumbled masses of six-sided basalt columns, and relax by the creek at Echo Beach. You can either return by the same path or via the Rainforest circuit and Tumgun lookout.

Very Easy

3.5 km return

1 hr

Palm Beach Parklands

There isn’t another location on the Gold Coast that is so diverse, where so many activities can be enjoyed in one concentrated place, from exercising your dog to wind surfing.
Along with this is the beauty of the location, its part of the Currumbin Estuary and Palm Beach Spit and a photographer’s paradise.

Easy

4 km return

1 hr

Paradise Point Foreshore Walk

.Walkway around a peninsula along the broadwater. All sealed through parks, dunes and built up areas.

Very Easy

500 m return

15 mins

Phil Hill Environmental Park (Jabiru Island Walk)

Boardwalk trough mangroves along the Coomera river.

Easy

2.3 km return

1 hr

Rainforest Circuit

A wild, natural headland in the heart of the Gold Coast offers walks along the rocky foreshore and through rainforest, with the chance to see whales in winter/spring and sea-eagles soaring along the coast.

Easy

3.5 km return

45 mins

Schuster Park

Schusters Park is a great spot to take the kids for a quick walk or stay the day for a picnic by the creek. There is lots of room to run around, and a sandy beach to launch kayaks from. Put on some mozzie repellent before exploring the flat trail through the mangroves along the northern peninsula of the park.