Great Walks

Discover the Sunshine Coast’s natural beauty on this 58km Great Walk through the Blackall Range. Experience some of the range’s most scenic areas: warm subtropical rainforest, tall open eucalypt forest and picturesque waterfalls.

Everyone can enjoy the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk. Take half-day strolls or full-day walks. Stay longer to complete the total walk (allow 4–6 days).                             

 Short Walks 

2.2km one way (1–2 hours) Class 3 (moderate)                    Map - Baroon section map, Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk — colour Starting at the Baroon Pocket Dam the walk passes through open woodland ridges and crosses bridges and boardwalks over palm- and vine-forested streams. The Narrows Lookout provides a unique view over the Narrows Gorge. Further up the track a boardwalk is in place to protect the habitat of the rare hip-pocket frog Assa darlingtoni. Walk up out of the gully to the Baroon lookout for views of Obi Obi Gorge, Baroon Pocket Dam and its catchment.  2.1km one way (1.5 hours) Class 4 (moderate to strenuous) Map - Mapleton Falls NP section map, Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk — colour From the Mapleton Falls lookout, follow signs through the picnic area to join the Wompoo Circuit. At the circuit’s upper end, the Great Walk leads west out of the park onto Daymar Road. Watch for traffic as the track crosses Delicia Road and enters open forest to the Delicia Road entrance.  3km one way (2 hours) Class 4 (moderate to strenuous) Map - Delicia section map, Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk — colour Walk along tracks and boardwalks through wet eucalypt forest and a palm grove. Walkers share the last 1.2 km section with mountain-bike riders and horse riders. Delicia Road (Linda Garrett) Conservation Park protects a significant tall, wet sclerophyll community, with a canopy dominated by blackbutt, turpentine, brush box and flooded gum. The reserve provides habitat for two endangered frog species, wallabies and diverse bird life.

Long Walks

Baroon Section Map - Baroon section —colour Baroon Pocket Dam to Flaxton walkers’ camp Distance: 16.5km one way Time: 7 hours Features: bridges crossing palm- and vine-forested streams spectacular views of the Narrows Gorge boardwalk to protect rare frog habitat views of Obi Obi Gorge and Baroon Pocket Dam Kondalilla Falls and Obi Obi Creek Mapleton Falls Section  Map - Mapleton Falls NP section — colour Flaxton walkers’ camp to Ubajee walkers’ camp Distance: 13.1km one way Time: 7 hours Features: piccabeen palm forest Mapleton Falls Baxter Falls Suspension Bridge Ubajee walkers’ camp to Thilba Thalba walkers’ camp  Distance: 13.5km one way Time: 7 hours Features: Gheerulla Falls views across the Gheerulla valley rocky creek crossings Gheerulla Bluff varied bird life Thilba Thalba walkers’ camp to Gheerulla Falls  Distance: 8.8km one way Time: 4 hours Features: wet sclerophyll forest views of the Gheerulla Valley and beyond Gheerulla Falls Gheerulla Creek crossings Gheerulla Falls to Delicia Road Conservation Park Distance: 6.1km one way Time: 3 hours to Delicia Road pick-up point.

For more information and maps contact the EPA or log on to

www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/great_walks/sunshine_coast_hinterland/