Springbrook National Park - the wet heart of the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area

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Springbrook National Park

Springbrook National Park is the wet heart of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area. Whereas it is only the national park that is included in the World Heritage Area, it is well established that World Heritage values extend well beyond the park boundaries especially in the high country ‘cloud forests’. Springbrook Plateau is truly a World Heritage precinct.

There are many kilometres of walking tracks through the national park providing a range of experiences including spectacular canyon and escarpment vistas, numerous waterfalls, subtropical rainforests, Antarctic Beech forests and tall eucalypt forests.

Park visitors are treated to a chorus of bird calls including Lewin’s Honeyeater, Eastern Whipbird, Crimson Rosella, King Parrot, Eastern Yellow Robin, Brown Thornbill, Green Catbird, Paradise Riflebird, Albert’s Lyrebird, Noisy Pitta, Brown Cuckoo-dove, Wonga Pigeon, Satin Bowerbird and more.

Striking plants along the tracks include species that are only found in the McPherson and Border Ranges area such as the Giant Spear Lily (Doryanthes palmeri) with its 3-metre long leaves and 1-metre flower spikes on stems up to several metres and the Stream Lily (Helmholtzia glaberrima) with leaves to 2 metres long. You may be lucky enough to see the rare Tree Waratah (Alloxylon pinnatum) or the Macleay Laurel (Anopterus macleayanus). More common plants include Walking-stick Palms with their strings of red berries, Bolwarra (Eupomatia laurina) with its strongly scented flowers and numerous orchids including the spectacular King Orchid (Thelychiton kingianus).

Click here to download the Queensland Government map of walking tracks in Springbrook National Park