Queensland Hiking
Queensland with its fantastic weather conditions and stunning, diverse countryside provides ample opportunities for hiking. With the correct hiking equipment purchased in Brisbane Queensland you're ready to explore.
The Gold Coast Hinterland has some of the most beautiful scenery in the state and is only a short drive from Brisbane. Lamington National Park has many short walks and beginner 2 or 3 day tracks. Features include The Stinson Wreck, Point Lookout, Black Canyon and Running Creek Falls.
Gold Coast Hinterland accommodation can be found at world-renowned O'Reilly's and at many tourist parks, B&Bs and lodges.
Behind the northern end of the Gold Coast, Mt Barney, Queensland's third highest mountain, is a steep climb and not for the faint hearted.
To enjoy hiking, Sunshine Coast region, trek the Cooloola Wilderness Trail in the Great Sandy National Park, the Rainbow Beach to Freshwater Creek Walk, head across to the World Heritage wilderness tracks of north Fraser Island or inland behind the Sunshine Coast to the Maleny Range country.
On the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsunday Islands predominantly have National Park status and there are numerous idyllic walks. The Thorsborne Trail on Hinchinbrook is a four-day walk.
In tropical North Queensland, rugged Magnetic Island offers tracks with varied gradients with magnificent lookouts.
Other opportunities for hiking tropical North Queensland include the many hiking tracks across the glorious Atherton Tablelands, in behind Cairns, the Tinaroo Dam Hike and the Kauri Creek and Lake Barine Walks.
Hiking Queensland should include Heritage-listed Daintree National Park at the foot of Cape York Peninsula.
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