Summary

The Sunshine State

Queensland has a wealth of bushwalking opportunities including multiple World Heritage Listed rainforests such as the Daintree and Lamington National Park, great coastal and island parks like Fraser Island and Hinchinbrook Island.

Other Information

World Heritage Areas

• Fraser Island
• Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (Lamington NP, Springbrook NP, Mount Chinghee NP, Mount Barney NP, Main Range NP)
• Great Barrier Reef
• Riversleigh
• Wet Tropics (Daintree NP, Barron Gorge NP, Cedar Bay NP, Girringun NP, Wooroonooran NP)

Contact details

Queensland Parks and Forest:
https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/

Regions

The link below provides a region map of QLD as a reference to what council zones are included in the 7 geographic regions of QLD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_Queensland#/media/File:Qld-regions-map.gif

1. Far North Queensland
2. North Queesnland
3. Central Queensland
4. Mackay, Isaac and Whitsunday
5. Wide Bay Burnett
6. Darling Downs South West
7. South East Queensland

Walks in Central Queensland

Hard

800 m return

40 mins

Double Head - Northern Peak

A steep climb up the northern peak of Double Head at Rosslyn near Yeppoon.

Medium

700 m return

40 mins

Double Head Track

This is a council maintained track up the southern peak of Double Head at Rosslyn near Yeppoon. It takes you to Fan Rock and a lookout towards the northern Peak.

Easy

720 m return

30 mins

Ganoonga Noonga Lookout

Enjoy a short, steep climb to panoramic views over the eastern lowlands and mountain ranges to the west.
Pass through grassy, open woodland with bloodwood trees and rusty gums on this steep lookout walk. With sensational views over the surrounding coastal lowlands, the steep trip is well worth the effort—just make sure you bring your camera!
From the vantage point 60m above sea level, you can view the Ganoonga Noonga (low grounds) of swamps and heath that cover the parallel dunes below.
Enjoy sweeping vistas of Munro Range to the west, and Bray Hills and Bustard Bay to the north. Keen eyes might also spy Bustard Head Lighthouse on the rocky headlands to the north.

Easy

850 m return

30 mins

Grass Tree Trail

From the Fraser Park amphitheatre, stroll through open forest to Grasstree lookout. Catch panoramas of the Fitzroy River along the way. Enjoy views of the three peaks of Mount Badger, Sleipner and Berserker from the lookout.

Medium

2 km return

45 mins

Healing Circle White Station

Short walk to healing circle

Medium

1.9 km return

1 hr

Humpy Island Ridgetop Trail

A rough track with an intial steep section, leaves from the camping area and takes you through the island's different habitats. Views from the island's high points are spectacular. Don't forget to look for marine life such as whales, dolphins and large fish in the surrounding waters. Looking north from the ridge top you will see Halfway Island and Cathedral Rock between Humpy and Great Keppel Island.

Easy

5 km return

Isisford Walking Track

A decent flat walk among the ghost gum, following along the river.

Easy

800 m

18 mins

Isla Gorge

An easy walk from the camping ground along a rocky ridge to the end of a spur where you can view the spectacular gorge below. This is a landmark for those more intrepid walkers who venture down into the gorge where there are no set tracks. This is scrambling at its best - quite difficult and, in late September, very hot. We trekked down into the gorge and made our way through thick scrub to the other side to camp overnight. Heavy going with backpacks laden with water bottles. The return hike back up the spur to the camp grounds was quite arduous, but all in all, well worth the effort.

Medium

3.5 km return

90 mins

Lark Quarry Conservation Park

Most people come here for the Dinosaur Stampede exhibit, a unique preservation of footprints and multimedia presentation of how they may have come to be. Around the site are a couple of walks - the Spinifex circuit (500m, 30mins) and Jump-Up Loop (90mins, 3.5km) - that showcase the arid landscape around this area and are well-signposted with information cards to entertain the young and old and worthwhile either before or after viewing the Stampede. Do take a hat and water. The sun is cruel even in winter.

Hard

1.8 km return

90 mins

Mount Baga

Mt Baga (formerly Mt Jim Crow) is a volcanic plug of trachyte, sitting alone on a flat plain at over 200m high. There are a few different tracks up which include steep walks. One section is a loose rock scramble for about 60m. Beautiful views. Easy bushwalk to the base of the mountain. A quick but hard climb up to the top.