With so many different walks to choose from, we have selected just a few for you to take your pick from.
Twin Falls Circuit - Springbrook National Park
4km return (Allow about 2 hours walking time) Class 3.
Start this walk from Tallanbana picnic area or Canyon lookout. Follow the track in an anti-clockwise direction to take advantage of the interpretive signs, which guide the walker through different forest types. Pass behind two waterfalls, through rock clefts and among palms and treeferns. Notice the smooth, pink bark of the brush box Lophostemon confertus that occurs along the track. Similar brush box trees in other parts of the World Heritage area have been radiocarbon dated at 1500 years, making these trees the oldest ever carbon-dated on Australia's mainland.
Sandy Creek Circuit (The Knoll Section) - Tamborine National Park
2.6km circuit (Allow 1 hour) Easy grade.
Scenic views, rainforest with tall trees emerging above the surrounding canopy, piccabeen groves, transition forest with large flooded gums and open forest feature on this walk. Please remain on the designated track, as there are steep cliff edges. Supervise children carefully. There is a branch track to Cameron Falls Lookout. Access to the start of this walk is via Main Street, North Tamborine and Knoll Road. The parking area is very small and unsuitable for large buses. There is a picnic area near the start of the walk, in tall, open forest, with a large shelter shed and picnic table. From the northern edge of the picnic area you can enjoy views to Flinders Peak and Brisbane.
Witches Falls Circuit - Tamborine National Park
3.1km return (Allow 1 hour) Moderate grade.
This track 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. The Witches Falls Circuit starts from the picnic area on Main Western Road. The grassy areas have electric barbecues, picnic tables and toilets, and are surrounded by tall eucalypts.
Oceanview Walk - Burleigh Heads National Park
1.2km one way (Allow 30 minutes) Grade: Easy
This track leads around the rocky headland from Tallebudgera Creek to the southern edge of Burleigh Heads township. You can look at the tumbled masses of six-sided basalt columns, and relax by the creek at Echo Beach. You can either return by the same path or via the rainforest circuit path and Tumgun Lookout."
Rainforest Circuit - Burleigh Heads National Park
2.3km return (Allow 45 minutes) Grade: Moderate
Most of this track is an easy grade, but there is a steep section in the middle near Tumgun Lookout. The lookout is a good place to watch for humpback whales splashing offshore in winter and spring"
Gold Coast Oceanway - Various Coastal Locations
The Gold Coast Oceanway is a 36-kilometre network of pathways along beaches from the Gold Coast Seaway (The Spit) to the Point Danger Lighthouse (Coolangatta).The journey along the Oceanway can be enjoyed as nine segments that make the experience easy and enjoyable.
1. Southern Points Promenade - Kirra to Point Danger 2.9km's
2. Southern Beach Villages - Kirra, Bilinga and Tugun 4.8km's
3. Currumbin Oceanway - Tugun to Palm Beach 3.7km's
4. Tallebudgera Oceanway - Palm Beach to Burleigh 6.2km's
5. Central Beach Villages - Burleigh to Mermaid Beach 5.7 km's
6. Broadbeach Oceanway - Mermaid Beach to Fern Street 2.5km's
7. Surfers Paradise Oceanway - Fern Street to Narrowneck 3.6km's
8. Main Beach Oceanway - Narrowneck to Seaworld 2.9km's
9. The Spit Oceanway (Federation Walk) - Seaworld to the Gold Coast Seaway 3.7km's