Buderim Forest Park

Sunshine Coast

This is a 45 hectare secluded oasis, hidden on the northern side of Buderim, less than a kilometre from the Buderim Village. This is a rainforest world of tall trees, ferns, babbling waterfalls, cascades and bird calls.
The area was purchased many years ago by the Council as a reserve for all of Buderim.
Amazingly much of the creek actually belongs to private land owners as once did the waterfall! The falls were a favourite recreational place for the region’s indigenous people and have been unofficially named “Serenity Falls”, but are widely known as the Buderim Falls.

Waterfalls
Swimming
Picnic Facilities
Toilets
No Dogs Permitted
No Camping Permitted
Rainforest
83m
Maximum Elevation
72m
Total Climb

Getting there

Two ways of getting there. One is behind Harry's Restaurant on Harry's Lane just of Lindsay Road, the other from the top of Quorn Close, which is also off Lindsay Road, but farther south. Car parks and picnic area are provided at both ends.

Maps:

Buderim Forest Park

Route/Trail notes:

From Harry's lane, follow the walkway along the course of Martins Creek. From Quorn Close car park it is medium to steep track down to the waterfall; splendid after a couple days of rain.

Permits/Costs:

None.

Other References/Comments:

Paths and boulders can be very slippery after rain. Always take your swimmers, as you can swim in the refreshing waters of the pool below the waterfall. Gets very busy in summer.

Comments

Beautiful cool walk with friends.

WildflowerBell on 1 Feb, 2024

Steve and I did the boardwalk section of this track (about 800metres) with my 86 year old parents when they visited Maroochydore from Pt Lonsdale. Steve and I have done the full wee walk the week before, passing the waterfall and moving along the creek to the boardwalk, where he saw a noisy pitta!

Kaz Manley on 12 Jul, 2023

Really good walk! Challenge yourself to a rock hop at the creek as well

BushwalkerBro on 2 Jan, 2023

Easy cool walk. The cave section is a popular spot for hot days for locals to swim.

Kwee Yum Lee on 24 Oct, 2021

Beautiful quiet and peaceful 🙏

Frange74 on 24 Jul, 2021

I've completed this walk many times and today it was just as beautiful as always, heaps of water running and for the first time I jumped in and swam under the fall

LordMarty on 9 May, 2021

lovely walk. part boardwalk, part rocks, part track. you do have to cross the creek at some point if you are doing the full walk. waterfall is beautiful. serenity bridge was shut.

Rach on 11 Apr, 2021

Only did the little walk to the waterfall, it was very nice!

Daia on 16 Dec, 2020

done this walk many times, always enjoy the freshness and very easy to walk along the track, you can swim in the water hole which is a must.

Soph on 29 Nov, 2020

Track after the creek crossing is still closed, but you can still get to the waterfall and do the little open forest circuit track.

rb on 8 Aug, 2020

Track closure 13 July to 14 August for some much needed track works :)

aj1658 on 7 Jul, 2020

Easy beautiful walk

xxxNickyxxx on 5 Jul, 2020

Nice family walk. The falls are amazing. Great for the kids to explore.

Elfofam on 23 Jun, 2020

Beautiful easy walk, great place to bring visitors and kids. It gets quite busy as it’s such an accessible trail so if you can go during the week you’ll Avoid the crowds. It’s also a great spot to have a picnic and a dip during the summer but again a very busy spot.

MELG on 16 Jun, 2020

Nice easy walk. Very busy on the local Show holiday. Kids (13&10) loved rock hopping. Saw lots of families with toddlers and babies in slings.

Scrase on 12 Jun, 2020

Went up there after some rain. Little more over the falls than last time.

Graeme "Watto" on 19 May, 2020

Great walk. Few mosquitos so take some spray. Great place to take photos or just enjoy the scenery.

Graeme "Watto" on 30 Jan, 2020

Very lovely, quite easy, would be nice for a quick job

Chelsea Jamieson-Bews on 18 Oct, 2019

The longer track to Harry’s is closed for development so we only managed to do the shorter loop today. Still a beautiful walk and after all of the rain the falls were roaring.

Bobbe on 5 Jul, 2019

Not sure why this walk is stated at 90 minutes because its actually a very short circuit. We ran around twice! Very pretty falls and nice walking down around them. Highly recommend.

Mon on May, 2019

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