Cooloola Great Walk Great Cooloola 4 One Way
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Allow 5 days 5 Allow Tank water not guaranteed. not Tank water water and wear a hat and sturdy shoes. sturdy and hat a wear and water each with a toilet and picnic table. Carry drinking water. water. drinking Carry table. picnic and toilet a with each Cooloola Great Walk Great Cooloola 4 one way A wonderful 5-day hike. Four small walkers' camps, camps, walkers' small Four hike. 5-day wonderful A Up to 102km 102km to Up gear and leave an itinerary with family or friends. Always carry enough enough Always carry friends. or family with itinerary an leave and gear Plan longer walks carefully. Carry a map, communication and navigation navigation and communication map, a Carry carefully. walks longer Plan Allow 3–5 days 3–5 Allow wilderness camping areas (no facilities). facilities). (no areas camping wilderness For experienced bushwalkers. For experienced Cooloola Wilderness Trail Wilderness Cooloola 4 A long-distance overnight walking experience, with with experience, walking overnight long-distance A 47.9km one way one 47.9km Rough track. May be long and very steep with few directional signs. signs. directional few with steep very and long be May track. Rough Class 4 Class delight on this journey. journey. this on delight Allow 2hrs Allow 16 2 lake. Open forest, paperbarks and rainforest are a a are and rainforest paperbarks forest, Open lake. Freshwater circuit circuit Freshwater hills and many steps. Some experience recommended. Some experience steps. many hills and 5km circuit 5km from this quaint lighthouse. this from almost a moonscape, of sand. moonscape, a almost From the camping area, take an easy walk around the the around walk easy an take area, camping the From best internationally recognised wetland wetland recognised internationally best (Ramsar) sites. (Ramsar) Formed track, some obstacles, 20km or less. May have short steep steep short have May less. or 20km obstacles, some track, Formed a remarkable landscape, landscape, remarkable a Views as far as the eye can see see can eye the as far as Views Allow 1hr Allow Class 3 Class woodland and open forest to the lake. to the forest open and woodland 15 fishing or photographing shorebirds in one of Queensland’s Queensland’s of one in shorebirds photographing or fishing 2 Freshwater Lake walk Lake Freshwater Adjacent to the day-use area, walk through scribbly gum gum scribbly through walk area, day-use the to Adjacent 2.8km return 2.8km Double Island lighthouse Island Double Sandblow— Carlo to forest Peninsula and awaken your senses with long beach walks, walks, beach long with senses your awaken and Peninsula No experience required. No experience Allow 1hr Allow stroll through scribbly gum gum scribbly through stroll 14 A steep track with some fantastic views along the way. the along views fantastic some with track steep A Double Island Point lighthouse walk lighthouse Point Island Double 3 2.2km return 2.2km Formed track. May have gentle hills and some steps. Clearly signposted. Clearly signposted. steps. some and hills gentle have May track. Formed Gympie, through farms and forests on sealed roads, to Inskip Inskip to roads, sealed on forests and farms through Gympie, Start the day with an easy easy an with day the Start Class 2 2 Class Allow 9–11hrs Allow but superb views from the lighthouse. lighthouse. the from views superb but No 4WD? No worries! Take a charming country drive from from drive country charming a Take worries! No 4WD? No 13 Ranger Alana Alana Ranger Double Island Point walk Point Island Double 4 Carlo Sandblow Carlo A day-long, forest and beach walk, with steep sections, sections, steep with walk, beach and forest day-long, A 30km return 30km Tr ack classification ack Tr and Events Qld Qld Events and just captivates you. you. captivates just crisscrossing through Cooloola’s landscapes and forests. and landscapes Cooloola’s through crisscrossing Allow 30mins Allow Photo (below): © Tourism Tourism © (below): Photo 12 sandblow. the to steps up gums, scribbly Carlo Sandblow. Cooloola Cooloola Sandblow. Carlo Govt Qld © Ashdown Robert 1.2km return 1.2km Delight in the joy of a new discovery, around every bend, bend, every around discovery, new a of joy the in Delight Shorter option: From Carlo car park, walk through through walk park, car Carlo From option: Shorter Carlo Sandblow walk Sandblow Carlo 3 above): and (left Photos Allow 3hrs Allow 11 or a summer sunset from from sunset summer a or up and over the sandblow ending at Carlo car park. park. car Carlo at ending sandblow the and over up the ever-changing edge of a 500,000 year old sandmass. sandmass. old year 500,000 a of edge ever-changing the 2.8km one way way one 2.8km This walk weaves through eucalypt forest and rainforest rainforest and forest eucalypt through weaves walk This over the upper Noosa River River Noosa upper the over Feel the rush of being set free, four-wheel driving along along driving four-wheel free, set being of rush the Feel Allow 1.5hrs Allow Ranger Selina Ranger piccabeen palms and strangler figs. figs. strangler and palms piccabeen 10 the serenity of a pink dawn dawn pink a of serenity the 2 Poona Lake walk Lake Poona Easy walk through tall forest with kauri and hoop pines, pines, hoop and kauri with forest tall through walk Easy 4.2km return 4.2km is overwhelmingly beautiful. is overwhelmingly beautiful. of Cooloola, whether it’s it’s whether Cooloola, of relaxation lie ahead. lie ahead. relaxation Allow 30mins Allow rainforest pockets. 9 2 Dundathu circuit Dundathu October. The spring wildflower colour palette palette colour wildflower spring The October. I love the different ‘moods’ ‘moods’ different the love I A short stroll through one of Cooloola’s hidden hidden Cooloola’s of one through stroll short A nature’s chorus day and night. chorus nature’s 250m circuit 250m Town and city are left behind and blissful days of fun and and fun of days blissful and behind left are city and Town Come to Cooloola from August through to to through August from Cooloola to Come Allow 30mins Allow wildflowers. You’ll be surrounded by by surrounded be You’ll wildflowers. vegetation ending at two viewpoints. two at ending vegetation Once across the Noosa River, near Tewantin, things change. change. things Tewantin, near River, Noosa the across Once 8 2 Searys Creek boardwalk Creek Searys Short stroll on a boardwalk through creekside creekside through boardwalk a on stroll Short 200m return 200m sandhills, hidden rainforests and spring spring and rainforests hidden sandhills, Allow 5hrs Allow climb for 2.8km to the edge of the sandpatch. the of edge the to 2.8km for climb peak if you’re seeking peaceful seclusion. peaceful seeking you’re if peak 7 Cooloola Sandpatch walk Sandpatch Cooloola entire length of Cooloola—giant Cooloola—giant of length entire 4 First 600m is easy walking, then a steep, but shaded shaded but steep, a then walking, easy is 600m First 12km return return 12km adding a lively, uplifting feel to your experience. Visit off- Visit experience. your to feel uplifting lively, a adding A five-day walk that stretches the the stretches that walk five-day A and respect. Allow 6hrs Allow through woodland and wallum to Camp site 3. to wallum and woodland through 6 Camp site 3 walk 3 site Camp 4 numbers, when every camping area is buzzing with activity, activity, with buzzing is area camping every when numbers, Boat across the river then walk along the riverbank riverbank the along walk then river the across Boat Cooloola Great Walk Great Cooloola 14km return 14km (QPWS) urges visitors to treat Country with care care with Country treat to visitors urges (QPWS) of hours north of Brisbane. Peak times mean peak crowd crowd peak mean times Peak Brisbane. of north hours of Allow 2hrs Allow with wildflowers in spring. in wildflowers with Top three walking favourites walking three Top with this area. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Service Wildlife and Parks Queensland area. this with 5 Boronia walk Boronia 3 This walk goes to Kin Kin Creek, through open woodland woodland open through Creek, Kin Kin to goes walk This 3.6km return return 3.6km rivers, open heath plains and forests—and is only a couple couple a only is forests—and and plains heath open rivers, Traditional Owners have a long and ongoing relationship relationship ongoing and long a have Owners Traditional Allow 30mins Allow 4 where you walk in Cooloola. Simply invigorating! Simply Cooloola. in walk you where A short stroll through wetland and eucalypt forest. eucalypt and wetland through stroll short A Melaleuca circuit Melaleuca 3 Cooloola offers 61,750ha of variety—beaches, sandblows, sandblows, variety—beaches, of 61,750ha offers Cooloola 400m circuit 400m It’s about slowing down and breathing fresh air. air. fresh breathing and down slowing It’s about the eye can see. The fresh sea air fills your lungs no matter matter no lungs your fills air sea fresh The see. can eye the Allow 2hrs Allow about the history of Mill Point. Mill of history the about 3 Cooloola is about coastlines, colour and contemplation. contemplation. and colour coastlines, about is Cooloola The Narrows of the upper Noosa River. River. Noosa upper the of Narrows The Mill Point circuit Point Mill 3 Relatively flat track with a short self-guided section section self-guided short a with track flat Relatively with some offering sweeping coastal landscapes as far as as far as landscapes coastal sweeping offering some with 5.1km circuit 5.1km rise over the ocean or drifting lazily in your canoe through through canoe your in lazily drifting or ocean the over rise and cabbage tree palms to Lake Cootharaba.