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12 Dog Friendly Brisbane Bush Walks

Updated: Sep 05, 2025

Here are twelve of the best dog friendly bush walks around Brisbane to enjoy with your 4-legged bestie. Note that dogs must remain on leash at all times and not all walks have tap facilities for water.

Anstead Bushland Reserve

Anstead Bushland Reserve features walking/recreational tracks, lookouts and access to the old Sugars Quarry

Spotted Gum Trail

The Spotted Gum Trail is a walking track that connects the Brisbane Botanic Gardens to the Mt Coot-Tha Summit

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.

Tingalpa Creek Reserve

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.

Bunyaville Conservation Park

Bunyaville Conservation Park is a true wildlife sanctuary right in the middle of Brisbane suburbia with well maintained tracks

Whites Hill Reserve

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.

Samford Conservation Park

Samford Conservation Park is an open eucalypt forest which is part of the Mountains to Mangroves Corridor

Plunkett Conservation Park

Plunkett Conservation Park is a little known nature reserve located halfway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast at Cedar Creek, offering stunning scenery and multi-use trails

Cornubia Forest 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

Mt Coot-tha

Mt Coot-tha’s Summit Circuit combines the original scenic and highly popular Summit Track with the Mahogany Trail

Keperra Bushland Reserve

This 150 ha bush oasis has paved walking paths and scenic lookout and rest stop at the top

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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