Leader: Phil: 0416 650 160
Meet: St. Brigid’s Carpark, Red Hill
Time: 7:00 am
Cost : $20
Distance: 17 km
Grade: L35
Emer. Off: Sue 5522 9702

This is a lovely walk up at Springbrook, about 17km long. In fact it is arguably one of the best daywalks in south east Queensland. This is a highly regarded walk and often gets mentioned as one of the best bushwalks in Australia. See the books: Australia’s Best 100 Walks by Australian Geographic page 226 and Walks in Nature Australia by Viola Design page 207.
The walk is mainly through lovely rainforest, but there are patches of woodland and also a little bit of heath land. The views from the start are excellent. There are lots of waterfalls, two caves and two tunnels to walk through. Plus, hopefully a few of the huge Spear Lilies (Doryanthos palmeri) will be in flower after a very wet autumn and hopefully a dry spring.
We will start the walk at the Canyon Lookout, which has views down to the Gold Coast. Then walk the circuit in a clockwise direction. Lunch will be near the junction called Meeting of the Waters. There is a bit of an “up” after lunch, so bring plenty of water. Bring the usual Daywalk stuff; especially raingear and may I suggest a small plastic square sheet (1m by 1m) to sit on.
Of note is that the Warrie Circuit track was closed after Cyclone Alfred but is currently listed as open. If it gets closed again then Plan B is to do Dave’s Creek Circuit up at Binna Burra.
The listed distance for the trip is somewhat variable as some websites state the distance is 14km and others state it as 17km. As I intend to include a slight detour of about 600m to look at Twin Falls, I would suggest we should take the distance as being 17km.
Travel Details for drivers – Red Hill to Canyon Lookout – distance 110km – duration 1hr 36mins.
Walk Web: https://curiouscampers.com.au/warrie-circuit-walking-guide/
https://www.aussiebushwalking.com/qld/se-qld/springbrook-np/warrie-circuit
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/australia/queensland/warrie-circuit-walk
spear lily info – https://jury.co.nz/2018/11/28/the-somewhat-extraordinary-queensland-spear-lily/
Botanical Name Meaning: Doryanthes palmeri
Doryanthes — from two Greek words; doratos meaning spear and anthos which means flower.
palmeri – derivation not stated by the original author of the name, but given in subsequent references as honouring Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer (1819–1898), Premier of Queensland (1870– 1874).