If you’re visiting The Gold Coast but are tired of the beaches and theme parks, then you will enjoy tackling some of the many Springbrook National Park walks in the Gold Coast Hinterland.
Springbrook National Park offers a wide range of walking opportunities from 300m to 54km in length, and we really needed more than a day to do all of them. This is what we got up to during our short stay at Springbrook National Park.
You can start this walk from either the Tallanbana Picnic Area or Canyon Lookout, and follow the track in an anti-clockwise direction through rocky gorges, behind waterfalls and past ancient palms.
The natural bridge section is one of the biggest attractions in Springbrook National Park and is very easily accessible.The natural bridge gets its name because it is a natural rock formation that creates a bridge-like shape across the front of a cave, infront of a waterfall.
This is a grade 3 hike, and so it’s a moderate to challenging route with some rocky parts that may be impassable after a heavy rain storm, so be sure to plan ahead if you want to do this hike.
The Purling Brook Falls circuit is a difficult, grade 3 walk that passes through open eucalypt forest, where it’s possible to find fire-adapted species such as lepidozamias, hakeas and wildflowers grow.