2
km
return
50
mins
Remnant bushland in the suburbs, koala habitat.
4.2
km
return
2
hrs
Did the full circurt , some bog holes to navigate not hard. Nice and close to home. Good bird life and some nice wild flowers out on show.
10.5
km
return
4
hrs
This walk incorporates parts of the Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk and the Purlingbrook Falls circuit to see spectacular waterfalls and beautiful rainforest, and it has some great waterholes if it's a hot day!
12
km
return
3.5
hrs
This circuit branches off ship's stern 3.7 km from the trail head. It passes through a variety of habitat types and there are some impressive views. You can start from either just south of the information center (500 m) and walk clockwise or start at Binna Burra and walk anticlockwise. Either way, you'll be walking down or up 2.5km of road. A nice 3 km diversion is to go down to Lower Ballunjul Falls.
1.2
km
one-way
30
mins
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.
2.3
km
return
1
hr
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.
8
km
return
2
hrs
This is a pristine waterway, one of the ‘must do walking tracks’ on the Gold Coast
3.5
km
return
1
hr
A circular walk in the southern end of Maroochy Botanic Garden, on a natural rough track with creek crossings that passes through a range of ecosystems including eucalypt open forest and riparian rainforest.
2
km
return
1
hr
THIS TRACK NO LONGER EXISTS
This track branches off the Ships Stern circuit and descends through rainforest and open forest before emerging suddenly at Bellbird lookout—a natural lookout (with no handrails) above a very high, sheer cliff. Please keep children under close supervision and keep well away from the cliff edge.
The land around this lookout and most of the track is not part of the national park—it belongs to Binna Burra Mountain Lodge. For enquiries, please contact Binna Burra Mountain Lodge on (07) 5533 3622.
From here you get an excellent view of Ships Stern, Turtle Rock, Egg Rock (Kurraragin) and Numinbah Valley—all remnants of what millions of years of erosion, landslides and weathering have created.
Hoop pines Araucaria cunninghamii can be seen from the lookout, growing on the exposed northern slopes. Harvesting of hoop pine and red cedar Toona ciliata led to the initial European settlement and ultimately the clearing of Numinbah Valley for agriculture.
1.6
km
return
1
hr
A circular walk in the Maroochy Botanic Garden, this popular natural terrain bush track follows the banks of the lagoon. The open forest ecosystem has remnants Bloodwood, Blue Gum and Tallowwood in the canopy, while Piccabeen Palm and Tree Ferns fringe the rocky gullies and bridges along the track.