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24 Best Brisbane Bush Walks

Updated: Oct 17, 2025

 Here are 24 of the best bush walks less than an hour's drive from the Brisbane CBD.

Chermside Hills Reserves
Chermside Hills Reserve
An oasis of beautiful bushland, criss-crossed by easy walking paths and awash with grass skirt trees
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Karawatha Forest
long grass, lagoon and paper bark trees in Karawatha Forest in Stretton
Out of the half dozen or so trails available to walk in this vast preserved bushland, the coolest and most scenic are on the southern side in the vicinity of some remnant ethereal lagoons...
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Whites Hill Reserve
City views from Whites Hill Reserve Camp Hill
Walkers have a choice between the 1km Whites Hill circuit or the 2km Sankey’s Mountain circuit, both through open eucalypt forest and both relatively easy grade and suitable for strollers.
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Mt Coot-tha
Mt Coot-tha Summit Walk
Mt Coot-tha’s Summit Circuit combines the original scenic and highly popular Summit Track with the Mahogany Trail
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JC Slaughter Falls
This is a beautiful bushy gorge with grassy creek banks for picnics and barbecues, an open air bush chapel and a resident flock of sulphur-crested cockatoos.
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Raven St Reserve Walk
Raven St Reserve Walk 815 Rode Rd Chermside
In summer, this bush and heathland, part of the landscape mosaic of the Mountain to Mangroves nature corridor, makes a wonderfully breezy retreat
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Tingalpa Creek Reserve
Woman walking on track in Tingalpa Creek Reserve next to creek
This easy bush circuit of around 2km return embraces both the scenic and secluded banks of Tingalpa Creek with its fishing outposts and marshes as well as paperbark and eucalypt forest.
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Castle Hill Blackstone Reserve
Castle Hill Blackstone Reserve Ipswich
Look out for the relics of an old Ipswich castle and coal mines on this interesting bush walk or bike trail
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Venman Bushland National Park
Venman Bushland National Park Mount Cotton
Venman Bushland National Park is 415 hectares of preserved bushland in Mount Cotton with 2 popular walking tracks to choose from
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Stockyard Creek Circuit
Stockyard Creek Circuit Brisbane Koala Bushland
Stockyard Creek Circuit is an easy child and dog friendly bush walk through Brisbane Koala Bushland, suitable for all ages and abilities
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Bellbird Grove Walk
Pinic area inside Bellbird Grove, D'Aguilar National Park
One of the earliest bushwalking spots on the drive west from Brisbane, Bellbird Grove is also one of the most interesting
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Anstead Bushland Reserve
Anstead Bushland Reserve
Anstead Bushland Reserve features walking/recreational tracks, lookouts and access to the old Sugars Quarry
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Simpson Falls Walk
Simpson Falls Walk, Mt Coot-tha
The 2.8 km bush walk from Simpson Falls starts well inside the access road, so walk or drive to where the main gum tree studded picnic and barbecue grounds are
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Greenes Falls Circuit
Large rain forest trees in Greenes Falls Circuit Mt Glorious
Located on Mt Glorious, this 4.3km easy-grade walk incorporates the lush Rainforest Circuit which passes through a palm valley on the way to the falls
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Walkabout Creek Walk
Woman walking on Araucaria circuit track in Brisbane Forest Park next to the Enoggera Reservoir in The Gap
Note that the Walkabout Creek Centre with its wildlife enclosure remains closed.
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Springwood Conservation Park
Stairs of death Springwood Conservation Park
This former quarry site, saved from development by the community and Logan City Council, is now a slice of paradise in the middle of suburbia
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Cornubia Forest Park
Cornubia Forest Park Shailer Park
Cornubia Forest Park is a delightful lush oasis of fig and gum treed bushland with a wide easy grade paved path cutting through its base
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Daisy Hill Conservation Park
Cyclist on dirt track in Daisy Hill Conservation Park surrounded by bush
A labyrinth of dirt trails cuts through this lovely gum-forested koala reserve, with three circuits of varying lengths open to horse and bike riders.
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Toohey Forest Reserve
Toohey Forest is remarkable for the fact that at only 10km from the CBD, here is a 260 ha preserved sample of the forest vegetation that once covered most of Brisbane.
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Bunyaville Conservation Park
Bunyaville Conservation Park
Bunyaville Conservation Park is a true wildlife sanctuary right in the middle of Brisbane suburbia with well maintained tracks
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Moggill Conservation Park
Moggill Conservation Park
A sprawling 500 ha bush reserve tucked away in Anstead, with a network of pathways and trails open to hikers, dogs on leashes
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White Rock Spring Mountain
White Rock Spring Mountain Ipswich
White Rock Spring Mountain is a scenic 2500ha conservation estate with walking trails just 20 mins from Ipswich's CBD.
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Spotted Gum Trail
Spotted Gum Trail, Mt Coot-Tha Forest, Brisbane, bushwalking, bushwalkers, eucalypt bushland, Toowong, Queensland
The Spotted Gum Trail is a walking track that connects the Brisbane Botanic Gardens to the Mt Coot-Tha Summit
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Keperra Bushland Reserve
Keperra Reserve
This 150 ha bush oasis has paved walking paths and scenic lookout and rest stop at the top
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Want more? Then see our full list of all the fantastic bush walks and hikes in south east Queensland HERE.

Check out our comprehensive guide to more than 120 bush, bay, wetland, river, heritage and city walks HERE.

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