Best Of All Lookout

It makes lofty claims... and meets them! This short walk is well worth the effort with excellent views of the Tweed Valley including Mt Warning, Byron Bay and The Cougals. Plus, it includes one of the most accessible stands of Antarctic Beech Forest (Nothofagus Moorei) in Queensland. If you haven't been there, make sure to stop off next time you're on the plateau.

Lookouts

No Dogs Permitted

No Camping Permitted

Rainforest

1026m

Maximum Elevation

Total Climb

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Getting there:

Off the Bruce Highway at Nerang on the Gold Coast take the Nerang Murwillumbah Road. Signposted after the dam take a left onto Pine Creek Road and left again onto Springbrook Road that leads you up onto and across the plateau to the various lookouts and walks.

Head to the end Repeater Station Road on the Springbrook Plateau.

Maps:

Springbrook National Park

Route/Trail notes:

The walk is a short stroll along a clear path. Make sure to check out some of the most accessible Antarctic Beech trees in South-East Queensland.

Permits/Costs:

None.

Other References/Comments:

The area is very busy particularly at weekends and parking can therefore be a problem.

If you have time, visit the Information Centre on the left just before Repeater Station Road, which was once the original schoolhouse.

GPS Tracks

No GPS available for this walk yet.

Comments

Nice short walk, but my clearest memory that it was absolutely freezing, even though this is Queensland and it was the middle of Summer.
Ian and Sue on Jan, 2005

A short walk from the car park with a great view.
Tim on 9 Nov, 2002

Really loved the trees on this walk. Walked it with kids. Easy walk.
Natalie Noon on Sometime...

Great little walk with fantastic views at the end, track can get a little slippery in places and theres a few tree roots to watch out for on the path.
Well worth the short walk down to the lookout area
jason pobjoy on Sometime...

I've been to this lookout twice. The first time there was an amazing view, absolutely fantastic. The second time all you could see were clouds and fog, a curtin of white
Lisa Meier on Sometime...