Mt Cordeaux is that lovely mountain on your right as you pass through Cunningham’s Gap heading west.  The walk is mainly through rainforest and has a few lookouts that provide stunning views of the Scenic Rim area.

The walk starts at Cunningham’s Gap and is part of the Main Range. To be more precise, we will start the walk at the West Gap Picnic Area. The reason for this is that the car parking is now banned at the actual Gap, presumably for road safety reasons as the parking at the crest was becoming a safety hazard. This walk provides an opportunity for walkers to enjoy a walk which is mainly under the rainforest canopy. It is a graded track walk with medium and steady inclines. It is a relatively straight forward walk following the new track which was needed after the “Landside” caused by the floods of 2011. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/australia/queensland/mount-cordeaux-lookout

The views from the Cordeaux Lookout are great as you look back over Mt Mitchell and peaks further east and to the south. I presume we can see Mt Barney. We will sidle around the western side of the summit and go through a grassy patch below the summit. We then have a quick detour out to Morgan’s Lookout. Not sure if we will bother going out the Bare Rock as the views are not much better from there. I should point out we don’t actually climb the summit of Mt Cordeaux as it requires rock climbing to get up there.

Bring the usual day walk gear for this very interesting walk. I hope you can join me.

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/157530/main-range-map.pdf

Travel details for drivers: Red Hill to Aratula – 90km, 72mins; Aratula to Gap – 22km, 25 mins approx. Total travel: 112km – 1hr 50min