Mount Superbus

Getting there

Park on the northern side of Spring Creek Road/Head Road at an obvious clearing 100m west of the Teviot Falls lookout. Make sure you don't block vehicle access to the gate just beyond, which provides access to private property via Brett Road.

Maps

http://qtopo.dnrm.qld.gov.au

Route/Trail notes

Walk from Spring Creek Road/Head Road along Brett Road (appears to be private, with a gate located approximately 30m from Spring Creek Road). Cross the gate and walk along the gravel road until a path bears right approximately 20m before a 2nd gate into private property. Cross a timber bridge over Teviot Brook and then fight your way through a short section of scunge. Shortly after bear left through the forest up a ridge that leads to a fork on the ridge ENE of the summit. The track is unmarked but generally followed easily. It steepens on approach to the ridge, but hands generally aren't required. At the fork on the saddle turn left and travel westwards approximately 500m to the summit, which is marked with a small cairn and a tin box stamped with Ipswich Catholic Bushwalking Club.

There are two remote campsites on Mt Superbus (north and south)which require a permit and a fee, these are avaliable through the Queensland parks and wildlife website for a small fee

GPS Tracks

No GPS available for this walk yet.

Comments

("Hellsbells" is talking about "MDWL" 's comments) This was the second time I have walked this trek, first time was a one day trek but this one was an overnighter with a full heavy pack....not for the faint hearted! Made it to the northern campsite (just!) in the afternoon and decided to camp there overnight. Next morning we left our packs and trekked to the summit (small silver box) and then on to the Lincoln wreck. Had a good look over the wreck site and trekked back to our packs and back down the mountain back to our vehicle. Enjoyed the trek but I was tired and sore afterwards...will do it again coming up the other side
Andrew.P on 24 Aug, 2018

When travelling westwards along Head Road, the start of the trail on Brett Road is located about 100m west of the Teviot Falls lookout. From the lookout you drive over a cattle-grid and the access road immediately comes up on your right as you go round the corner. It has broad grass verges so parking should not be an issue.

Brett Road looks very much like private property and was gated (currently with a wire gate) but there was pedestrian access on one side. Not far inside are three official signs advising about the difficulties of Mt Superbus, allaying any concerns you are trespassing. Followed Brett Road for a few minutes to a second wooden gate demarking actual private property. About 20m before the gate and on the right is a trail that slips downhill into the bush (currently has a great earth pile dumped at the start of it to stop vehicular access). The trail takes you into a tight squeeze within a thick section of vegetation but it doesn't last long and you emerge to cross Teviot Brook on a wooden bridge. Not far beyond the bridge the trail begins a gentle ascent and you come to a disused gate marked with a National Park sign. About 75m beyond the gate the trail to the ridge line begins - the logging trail you are on does a gentle bend to the right and as it does the path to the ridge leads into the bush on the left. At time of writing the trail is marked by a thick white band wrapped around a tree, with directional arrows written on the reverse side.

Once turning left (westwards) off the logging trail onto the summit route, the path turns right after only about 10m and starts ascending. From here on in I found the trail to be narrow but easily navigable, with a well-worn track and frequent pink markers. The way had a few steep sections but they were intermittent, allowing you to recover after each part. It's worth noting that you get no views, and that some of the steeper earth-slope climbs would be pretty tricky in wet weather. As you get towards the top third of the ascent the trail becomes bordered by a line of rocks placed along the sides. At the very top you emerge on the ridgeline where there is a small clearing and two narrow trails leading out - one to the left to Mt. Superbus, one to the right to Mt. Roberts.

Taking the (left) trail to Mt. Superbus puts you on a straight-forward path which will begin a gentle ascent to the summit after about 200 or 300 metres. The summit is not directly set on the path, but is in a small clearing on the north side about 15 metres off the main trail. (Obviously, if you start going down again you've gone too far.) There is a small cairn and a tin bushwalkers' box there. Again, no direct views, however there is a small viewing window if you push through the bush on the north side.

This took me personally 1 hour and 40 mins to get to this point, having never been here before and being careful on my navigation at the start of the journey.

MDWL on 20 Jul, 2018

What an adventure, did not disappoint.
The 3 of us started at Brett rd and instead of going down the right side track below the huge pile of gravel, past a gate, partly overgrown track and over the little wooden bridge. We went up the end of the road past the gate into private property and made our own track up to the summit following the creeks. Definitely took longer, but less steep and met a really long Python. Found the Ipswich Bushwalkers Geo Cache at 1372 mtrs Alt and set up camp (make sure you pay your camping permit of $6). Not to sure if this is the highest point. Suunto App says 750 mtrs SW is 1375 mtrs Alt, will get back to you on this. Sundown by 17.30 and at around 18.00 whilst eating dinner, along comes 5 hungry, thirsty, cold, hikers using mobile phones to guide them whilst wearing shorts and jumpers. We insisted on them staying, but they wanted to continue on. I text with their emergency contact, gave them water, snacks and torches, and off they went. Next morning whilst eating breakfast 2 of the 5 hikers made it back to our camp and said they got lost and spent the night. We quickly rushed food and warm clothes back to the others, packed camp and headed back to the cars. Following them we ended up at their sleep spot and we too were lost. LOL. So out come the compass, maps, and GPS and as easy as that we had overshot the mark and heading down the opposite side of the mountain. Upon returning to the T-intersection marked with orange tape and a Cairn, there was the Ranger and 3 Police officers who had been called for rescue last night after they got lost. The rest was uneventful but good for conversation.
You can eat the hanging red berries at waist height, they taste like pommy granites with seeds. watch out for stinging nettle, and one of the worlds most venomous plants, the Gympie Gympie. Look it up it might save your life.
And I must give a shout out to my 7 year old son who impressed the Ranger so much he insisted on giving my son extra goodbyes and congratulations to.
9.30 - 1500 up = 5.5hrs making our own path
2.5 hrs down, using correct path.
father&son on 28 Apr, 2018

Did this as part of a circuit including Steamers, epic hike, slippery muddy ascent from the bottom and path hard to follow in places so make sure you have a map downloaded.

Lia Skye
www.livingahimsa.com.au
Lia Skye on 15 Apr, 2018

Walked with friends from Teviot Gap to Lizard Point, 7.5 hrs return incl Mt Superbus, dry conditions.
Good workout, loose dirt in some steep climbs. Very enjoyable top part from the saddle to Lizard Point - cool microclimate.
Mostly well signed with pink ribbons, just one spot where we lost the track... shortly after start, when passed wooden bridge and obsolete metal gate. Note for future trip: look to the left and follow closer to the private property fence. From the corner of the private property the track becomes very obvious.
igorh on 17 Sep, 2017

Did the same route as Michael. As this is not a graded track, go with someone who has done this before, or be a very handy navigator.

Trip stats: 15.6km, 6hours 40 minutes. Total gain/loss 850m.

Make sure to keep a lookout for the small track leading to a lookout just below the Mt Roberts summit on the south side which gives fantastic view of the Steamers.
dalehikes on 23 Jul, 2017