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Australia - South Queensland - Lamington National
Park
Lamington National Park is just a short distance from the bustling Gold Coast, set within the Gold Coast Hinterland. The valleys and peaks of Lamington are home to two types of rainforest: the warm tropical rainforest common in coastal areas of Queensland and remnants of the cooler subtropical rainforest that blanketed Australia when it was still part of Gondwana some 50 million years ago. The park is the largest preserved subtropical rainforest in Australia and features spectacular scenery as well as a wide range of bird species.
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. |
