Profile for Grumps - Aussie Bushwalking

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Name	Date	Difficulty	Distance/Duration
Egernia Circuit (D'Aguilar National Park)	14 Mar, 2012	Easy	1.5km return 30 mins
Nice, refreshing walk.
Billai Dhagun Circuit (Brisbane City Council Local Walks)	11 Jan, 2012	Easy	2km return 45 mins
Easy walk with the kids, bikes are not allowed.
Hell's Gates (Sunshine Coast)	10 Jan, 2012	Easy	5.4km return 90 mins
Nice walk, easy for the family. Probably one of the most walked track in Australia.
Tibrogargan Circuit (Glass House Mountains National Park)	Jan, 2012	Easy	3.3km return 90 mins
Nice easy walk around base of Tibro. Gives some nice aspects of the mountain that aren't commonly seen.
Natural Bridge (Springbrook National Park)	Jan, 2012	Very Easy	1km return 30 mins
I have done this walk many times over the years. It is well worth doing at night for the glow worms. One time I did this with my three (much younger) kids and was at the lookout above the falls when a red bellied black snake decided to come down the path and join us on the lookout. As there is not much space here I grabbed my toddler and got my two other kids to follow me back up the track. The snake continued for the lookout, totally ignoring us, passing us a matter of centimetres away.
Coonowrin Circut (almost) (Glass House Mountains National Park)	Jan, 2012	Medium	12km 2.25 hrs
Did this walk solo. Got to the private property signs and veered uphill to base of cliffline. I then scrub bashed my way around northern side and found a goat track on south west side of mountain. Track is very slippery and steep in places. Managed to complete entire circuit but did slide for about 10 metres at one point down a particularly slippery section.
Rainforest Circuit (D'Aguilar National Park)	29 Jun, 2011	Medium	2km 1 hr
Beautiful walk.
Mt Warning Summit Trail (Wollumbin National Park)	1 Jan, 2011	Hard	8.3km return 5 hrs
One of my all time favourites. I first did this when my kids were 10, 5 and 2. I carried my 2 year old all the way up on my shoulders. At least until the chain where I had her under one arm with the chain in the other hand. Since then I have done it 4 times in the early morning on New Years Day to welcome the sun rise on a New Year. At night you will see glow worms on the track.
Toolona Creek and Mount Wanungra Lookout (Lamington National Park)	28 Aug, 2010	Medium	20km 7 hrs
I did this walk with my 10 year old son and got back to the start by 1pm. Beautiful walk, lots of lovely waterfalls. When we did it we couldn't stop too often as it was absolutely crawling with leeches and they would climb on us quicker than we could get them off. Also, due to the leeches we didn't feel like stripping down and swimming in any of the waterholes. Luckily it was winter and not very hot.
Morans Falls (Lamington National Park)	27 Aug, 2010	Easy	4.4km return 90 mins
Did Python Rock Lookout followed by Moran's Falls. Nice walk, great views.
Purling Brook Falls Circuit (Springbrook National Park)	Aug, 2010	Medium	4km return 2 hrs
Great walk, very picturesque. Warringa Pool is a great place to cool down on a hot day.
Double Island Point Light House (Great Sandy National Park)	10 Mar, 2010	Easy	2.1km return 1 hr
After doing this walk we proceeded to head up to Rainbow Beach and nearly got caught by the tide. Some scary moments with the Hilux being taken through salt water up to the bonnet.
Best Of All Lookout (Springbrook National Park)	2010	Very Easy	700m return 30 mins
Great walk for the entire family. Views more than compensate even for those that don't like bushwalking.
Great Walk! Gold Coast Hinterland (Lamington National Park)	2010	Medium	54km one-way 3 days
Great Walk! Did this with my 11 year old son and a mate. Day 2 was the toughest for my son. Great views, spectacular waterfalls, beautiful scenery.
Stretcher Track (Lamington National Park)	2010	Hard	20.5km one-way 2 days
Challenging walk, can really test your navigational skills. Rainforest has claimed back the track making it extremely slow going. Ensure compass, topographical map, plenty of water and good quality torches as may require walking out in the dark.
Minyon Falls Loop (Nightcap National Park)	12 Jun, 2009	Hard	6.8km return 3 hrs
Lovely walk. I did this with my 3 children. Near the base of the falls there is a large strangler fig which I climbed up through the inside of the dead tree it had strangled.
Witches Falls (Tamborine National Park)	Jul, 2008	Easy	3.4km return 75 mins
Did this walk during the dry season and the falls were a disappointment. Nice walk though. My kids found giant snail shells.
Curtis Falls (Tamborine National Park)	Jul, 2008	Easy	1.2km return 45 mins
Easy walk for the family. Recommend doing this when Cedar Creek is flowing well.
Mount Gravatt Summit Track (Brisbane City Council Local Walks)	Jan, 2008	Medium	1.2km one-way 30 mins
I used to do this walk in my suit on my lunch break. Nice to escape the big smoke if only for a short break.
Mount Beerwah Summit (Glass House Mountains National Park)	7 Jan, 2007	Very Hard	2.9km return 3 hrs
Good fun. I did this walk in the dark to make the sunrise. Saw a lot more on the way down in daylight than I did on the way up in the dark. Hopefully QPWS will reopen this walk at some point in the not too distant future.