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24 Best Brisbane Bush Walks

Updated: Apr 17, 2025

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

White Rock Spring Mountain is a scenic 2500ha conservation estate with walking trails just 20 mins from Ipswich's CBD.
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...
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.
Mt Coot-tha’s Summit Circuit combines the original scenic and highly popular Summit Track with the Mahogany Trail
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.
In summer, this bush and heathland, part of the landscape mosaic of the Mountain to Mangroves nature corridor, makes a wonderfully breezy retreat
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.
Look out for the relics of an old Ipswich castle and coal mines on this interesting bush walk or bike trail
Venman Bushland National Park is 415 hectares of preserved bushland in Mount Cotton with 2 popular walking tracks to choose from
Stockyard Creek Circuit is an easy child and dog friendly bush walk through Brisbane Koala Bushland, suitable for all ages and abilities
One of the earliest bushwalking spots on the drive west from Brisbane, Bellbird Grove is also one of the most interesting
Anstead Bushland Reserve features walking/recreational tracks, lookouts and access to the old Sugars Quarry
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
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
Note that the Walkabout Creek Centre with its wildlife enclosure remains closed.
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
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
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.
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.
Bunyaville Conservation Park is a true wildlife sanctuary right in the middle of Brisbane suburbia with well maintained tracks
A sprawling 500 ha bush reserve tucked away in Anstead, with a network of pathways and trails open to hikers, dogs on leashes
An oasis of beautiful bushland, criss-crossed by easy walking paths and awash with grass skirt trees
The Spotted Gum Trail is a walking track that connects the Brisbane Botanic Gardens to the Mt Coot-Tha Summit
This 150 ha bush oasis has paved walking paths and scenic lookout and rest stop at the top

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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