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123 walks ticked

This Year

12
Number of Walks Ticked
88.2km
Total Distance Ticked

All Time

123
Number of Walks Ticked
1,120.1km
Total Distance Ticked
Name Date Difficulty Distance/Duration
Gwongoorool Rock Pools (Lamington National Park)
4 Apr, 2026
Medium
6km
2.5 hrs
Nice easy hike to rock pool. Best to do early to avoid the crowds.
Flinders Peak & caves via Mt Elliott Rd. (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)
3 Apr, 2026
Hard
6.5km return
3.5 hrs
Short and steep hike to summit and side trip to caves and back down the slide track to Mt Elliott Rd car park.
Flinder’s Peak Circuit - approach from South (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)
27 Mar, 2026
Very Hard
12km return
3 hrs
From Flinders Plum car park I followed Mt Elliott Rd track/ central Ridge track till it met the slide route which branches off to the right then up to the summit and back down the tourist track. May gps said 10.82 klms and 6.5 hours including rests.
The Rocks Circuit (from Illaweena Street) (Karawatha Forest)
15 Mar, 2026
Easy
8km
2 hrs
Nice easy tracks. Well sign posted.
Warringa Pool Track (Springbrook National Park)
8 Mar, 2026
Easy
2km return
45 mins
An extension from Purling Brook Falls track. Nice spot for a break.
Purling Brook Falls Circuit (Springbrook National Park)
8 Mar, 2026
Medium
4km return
2 hrs
Nice easy walk. Waterfall was pumping from recent rain. Quite a few leeches.
Mt Greville (Moogerah Peaks National Park)
5 Mar, 2026
Hard
6km return
3 hrs
This is the 6th time up this Mountain. This time it was up Waterfall Gorge smoko above Slab Rock then up to the summit. Coming down via South East Ridge. Total time was 6.5 hours but with plenty of breaks and a bit of confusion on sth east ridge. Have to remember to veer to the right after the cairn of stones and orange marker. Glad to have had my GPS watch just to get me back on the right track. Didn't get the cooling rain until I had my keys in the car door. Such is life.
Witches Falls (Tamborine National Park)
1 Mar, 2026
Easy
3.4km return
75 mins
Nice easy walk. Nothing to strenuous.
Witches Chase (Tamborine National Park)
1 Mar, 2026
Medium
2.6km return
2 hrs
Nice little hike. Some slippery sections. Nothing difficult.
Bare Rock track and Morgan's Walk (Main Range National Park)
2 Feb, 2026
Medium
13km
4.5 hrs
Nice easy walk done with Mt Cordeaux as well for all up 15 klm approximately.
Pages Pinnacle (South East Queensland)
9 Jan, 2026
Hard
6.7km return
2.5 hrs
Turned left at the first tree with all the markings on and walked beneath the cliff face bringing me out near the start of the first pinnacle. Traversed the pinnacle and dropped down and returned via the track below the pinnacle. Always a nice hike.
West Canungra Creek Circuit (Lamington National Park)
1 Jan, 2026
Hard
18km
6 hrs
Third time around this stunning hike. Plenty of creek crossings but not to much water that my socks got wet. Loads of leeches which is understandable. Perfect weather today nice and cool undet the canopy. I took it at a lazy pac with lots of stops. Just a tad under 7 hours including stops.
Mt Mitchell (Main Range National Park)
22 Nov, 2025
Medium
15km
4.5 hrs
Did this today starting from west gap creek car park which adds another 5klms to total. Nice easy to follow track but a bit overgrown towards the summit so beware of giving ticks a free ride. Also a few leeches made themselves known. I did the return hike back to gap creek car park including 2 good stops to refuel in around 6.5 hours. 16.42 klms total.
Box Forest Track (Main Range National Park)
22 Nov, 2025
Easy
5km return
1 hr
Nice easy track to the start of Mt Mitchell.
Bohgaban Falls (Lamington National Park)
8 Nov, 2025
Hard
10km return
4 hrs
Nice hike. Glad I took my hiking poles for extra balance clambering over the rocks along the 5 or 6 klms of creek bed. Would be a awesome hike after heavy rain and the falls would be spectacular.
Hell's Gates (Sunshine Coast)
11 Oct, 2025
Easy
5.4km return
90 mins
Nice easy walk. Plenty of Humpback whales and Dolphins on show.
Mount Goolman (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)
22 Sep, 2025
Medium
5km
2 hrs
Started from Hardings Paddock went via Goolmans lookout. All fire trails and well signed and turned off left at tree with pink ribbons marking summit trail. Pretty well marked all the way up. Steep at the top and hard on the toes coming down. Would be easy to slip on all the loose stones. Easy enough to do but draining in the heat. Better in the colder months.
Goolman Lookout via Rocky Knoll (Ipswich - Flinders Goolman Conservation Estate)
22 Sep, 2025
Medium
7.4km
2 hrs
Nice easy walk on well signposted paths. All fire trails
Spicer's peak (Main Range National Park)
13 Sep, 2025
Very Hard
6km return
4 hrs
Did this today in conjunction with Mt Matheison. Awesome day out in the fantastic scenic rim Mt Matheison is relatively easy whereas Spicers Peak is in my opinion not for the inexperienced or faint hearted. Very steep climbs,dangerous edges and some difficult scrambling well worth it for some amazing scenery on the climb up. Not so many vantage points on the summit. We had some rain near the bottom coming down and wouldn't like to be hiking up in wet conditions.
Mt. Mathieson Circuit (Main Range National Park)
13 Sep, 2025
Medium
10.5km
3 hrs
Done today first followed by spicers Peak. Mt Matheison is a nice easy hike not to challenging with some nice views of Mt Mitchell & Mt Cordeaux.