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Within an hour's drive of Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Tamborine National Park offers views of the Pacific Ocean and Gold Coast skyline to the east and national parks of the Scenic Rim to the west.
Walking tracks are provided in six sections of Tamborine National Park, most are short and can be walked within a few hours. The walks are relatively easy although some tracks have short, steep grades.

Walking Tracks around Tamborine N.P

Cedar Creek Falls track
Offers a 900m return to the lookout and a further 900m return to the rock pools. The track to the lookout is suitable for strollers and assisted wheelchair access. The lookout offers views of waterfalls, cascades and rock pools. The section from the lookout to the rock pools is not suitable for strollers or wheelchairs. For your safety, access is not permitted to some of the rock pools and parts of the gorge, as indicated by signs on site. Near the start of the track are two picnic areas, with tables and wheelchair-accessible toilets, located in large, open, grassy areas surrounded by tall eucalypt forest. Access to this visitor area is via Cedar Creek Road.

Palm Grove Rainforest Circuit
Offers a 2.6km circuit with sections of Piccabeen palm groves and rainforest with emergent strangler figs and distinctively buttressed yellow carabeens feature on this walk. Access to Palm Grove Rainforest Circuit is via Palm Grove Avenue.


Curtis Falls, Joalah section
Offers a 1.5km return walk , the track starts from the Dapsang Drive carpark. It is also possible to start at the shops on Eagle Heights Road, adding an extra 800m return to the walk.

On this track you will walk through rainforest and descend steep stairs to a large pool at the base of Curtis Falls. There is an impressive view of the falls and surrounding columnar basalt rockface. Swimming is prohibited at the falls. A restricted access area below Curtis Falls protects an important glow-worm colony. The track continues from the falls, along a piccabeen palm-fringed creek to a giant strangler fig.

Sandy Creek Circuit, The Knoll section
Offers a 2.6km circuit through sections of rain forest with some scenic views anlong the way. Tthere are some steep cliff edges on this track so care is needed, Supervise children carefully. There is a short detour from the track to Cameron Falls Lookout. Access to the start of this walk is via Main Street, North Tamborine and Knoll Road.


Witches Falls Circuit
Offers a 3.1km return walk that zigzags down the steep mountainside through open forest with banksia trees and into rainforest with huge strangler figs. You will pass seasonal lagoons surrounded by piccabeen palm groves and rainforest before you reach Witches Falls. After heavy rain the lagoons fill with water and come to life with many species of insects and frogs. The track returns through rainforest and behind the cemetery. The falls only flow after recent rain and can be viewed via a 200m detour from the circuit to a lookout platform. Access from the picnic area on Main Western Road.


Witches Chase Track
Offers a 2.7km walk that also starts from the picnic area on Main Western Road. The walk descends through rainforest to Witches Falls and continues along the cliff to Witches Chase, passing through rainforest with large red cedar trees and through eucalypt forest. From here, the Witches Falls carpark is 2.7km via the Beacon and Main Western Roads.

Macdonald Rainforest Circuit
Offers a 1.4km walk along relatively flat passes through rainforest with large strangler figs, piccabeen palm groves and tall trees festooned with vines and ferns. The track is ideal for birdwatchers and visitors seeking a quiet rainforest walk away from road noise and large numbers of people. Access from the carpark on Wongawallen Road, off the Tamborine-Oxenford Road.

 

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