Lamington National Park, two hours south of Brisbane in the Gold Coast hinterland, is a spectacular park with lush rain forest, beautiful waterfalls and over 160 kilometers of extensive bush walking trails.
Declared a national park in 1915, Lamington was saved from the logging and farming that changed much of the McPherson Range. Now World Heritage listed, the park protects subtropical rain forest, wildflowers, waterfalls and rare species, such as the spotted-tailed quoll and Albert's lyrebird.
Popular places to visit around the Lamington National Park include Binna Burra and Green Mountains, which you can get to from Canungra. Around this section, there are a number of unique walking trails. Green Mountains offers a tree top trail which has great views across the surrounding landscape. There is also a slightly longer 24km walk which links the two places, if you would prefer.
There are also plenty of other walking tracks throughout the Lamington National Park ranging from easy walking tracks to more difficult tracks. The walking tracks pass some beautiful waterfalls as well as some famous features including Aboriginal Cooking Caves, Coomera Gorge, Echo Point, Mount Merino and Picnic Rock.
West of Lamington along the Mt Lindesay Highway you can also visit the interesting pioneer museum at Beaudesert as well as the amazing Mt Barney National Park, where you will find the marvelous Scenic Rim. You can also visit a number of wineries along the Gold Coast Hinterland Wine Trail. |
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| Rainforest at Lamington National Park (© Tourism Queensland) |
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| Rainforest at Lamington National Park (© Tourism Queensland) |
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