Camping @ Spicers Gap

Spicers Gap has a small campground set in a clearing on the eastern side of the Gap. From here you can access the Governors Chair lookout, Spicers Peak and mt Mathieson tracks.

facilities:

Composting toilets and picnic tables are provided. Boil or chemically treat all tap water before drinking. Fuel stoves are required for cooking, as barbecues are not provided in the campground. No bins are provided; visitors are asked to take their rubbish with them.

 

Spicers Gap walking tracks

Pioneer Graves track.....260m...15mins....class 2

Moss's Well track.......120m...10mins... class 2

Governors Chair Lookout...300m ..15mins...class3

Heritage trail.............3.2km...1hr...class 3

Mt Mathieson trail....3.6km.....1hr...class 4

Spicers Peak...6km.......5-6hrs.........class 4 ..

Spicers Peak isn't marked or sign posted, you shouldn't attempt this walk unless you have a high level of physical fitness, navigational skills and cliff scrambling skills. The track starts at the Governors Chair car park, from the lookout head South towards the peak to a well-defined foot-pad. This pad leads through open eucalypt forest to the peak.

Spicers Peak The climb up Spicers Peak is very steep in sections and should not be attempted unless your a confident scrambler with a head for heights.

 

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Spicers PeakOne of the steeper sections of the track, Definately avoid this track in wet weather.

Queen Mary Falls

Queen Mary Falls

Spicers Peak

The track isn't well defined in places and so you need to attention to your surroundings on the way up.

Spicers PeakGrass Tree

Spicers Peak

Queen Mary FallsBearded Dragon

Mt Cordeaux trackView East from Mt Cordeaux

Mt Cordeaux trackGiant Spear Lilly (Doryanthes palmeri)

Mt Mitchell trackWild Raspberries along the upper sections of the mt Mitchell track.

Main RangeMale Satin Bowerbird

Main RangeFemale Satin Bowerbird

Mt Cordeaux tracklava tube

Goomburra SectionStream behind the campground in the Goomburra section.

Mt Mitchell track

Main RangePicinc area just of the Hwy with Mt Mitchell in the background.

Main RangeMt Mitchell

Mt Mitchell trackThe weather changes quickly up here, On a good day you can see Spicers Peak, mt Mathieson and many others from up here.

 

Mt Cordeaux trackView from Bare Rock

Main Range National Park

Main Range National Park is 116 km south-west of Brisbane and 50 km east of Warwick. The Cunningham Highway crosses the park at Cunningham's Gap.

Walking Tracks

Main Range Section MAP

Box Forest track ......5km........1.5hrs.....class 3

Rain Forest Circuit....1.6km....30mins...class 2

Fassifern Valley lookout .....1.2km .......20 ...mins.....class 2

Gap Creek Falls.............9.8km.....6hrs....class 3

Palm Grove Circuit......4.4km.....2hrs......class 3

Mt Cordeaux track.....6.8km....2.5hrs...class 3

Bare Rock/Morgans Walk ... 12.4km ... 4.5hrs ....class 3

Mt Mitchell............10.2km.......3hrs......class 3

Goomburra Section MAP

The Goomburra Section is approximately 60km from the Main Range section, the turn off is 22km further down the Cunningham Hwy towards Warick, from there just follow the signs.

North Branch track...7 km ... 3.5hrs ... class 4

Dalrymple circuit.....1.2 km. ... 30mins....class 2

Cascades circuit....6 km ..... 3hrs ....class 4

Ridge track..............5 km ...... 2.5 hrs ..... class 4

Araucaria Falls.......3.6 km ......1.5 hrs .... class 4

Sylvesters lookout...940 m... 30 mins .. class 3

Mount Castle lookout..1.2 km ..30 mins..class 3

Winder track........12 km ..... 4 hrs.... class 4

Camping @ Main Range

There are two camping areas within the Main Range national Park and they're both in the Goomburra Section. Poplar Flat and Manna Gum camping areas they're open, grassy camping areas that hug Dalrymple Creek.

facilities:

Each has composting toilets, tap water and barbecues. Boil or chemically treat all tap water before drinking. Please supply your own firewood for barbecues or use a fuel stove. Firewood must not be collected from the park or roadside - fines apply. No bins are provided; visitors are asked to take their rubbish with them.