Short walks
- Baroon Pocket Dam to Baroon Lookout
- Mapleton Falls National Park to Delicia Road Conservation Park
- Delicia Road (Linda Garrett) Conservation Park to Mapleton day-use area
Baroon Pocket Dam to Baroon Lookout
View over Baroon Pocket Dam
from Baroon Lookout
2.2km one way (1-2 hours) Class 3 (moderate)
Starting at the Baroon Pocket Dam the walk passes through open woodland ridges and crosses bridges and boardwalks over palm- and vine-forested streams. The Narrows Lookout provides a unique view over the Narrows Gorge. Further up the track a boardwalk is in place to protect the habitat of the rare hip-pocket frog Assa darlingtoni. Walk up out of the gully to the Baroon lookout for views of Obi Obi Gorge, Baroon Pocket Dam and its catchment.
Mapleton Falls National Park to Delicia Road Conservation Park
Mapleton Falls lookout
2.1km one way (1.5 hours) Class 4 (moderate to strenuous)
- Mapleton Falls NP section map, Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk - colour (PDF, 922K)*, b&w (PDF, 423K)*
From the Mapleton Falls lookout, follow signs through the picnic area to join the Wompoo Circuit. At the circuit's upper end, the Great Walk leads west out of the park onto Daymar Road. Watch for traffic as the track crosses Delicia Road and enters open forest to the Delicia Road entrance.
Delicia Road (Linda Garrett) Conservation Park to Mapleton day-use area
Remnants of logging can be seen
along the track
3km one way (2 hours) Class 4 (moderate to strenuous)
Walk along tracks and boardwalks through wet eucalypt forest and a palm grove. Walkers share the last 1.2 km section with mountain-bike riders and horse riders.
Delicia Road (Linda Garrett) Conservation Park protects a significant tall, wet sclerophyll community, with a canopy dominated by blackbutt, turpentine, brush box and flooded gum. The reserve provides habitat for two endangered frog species, wallabies and diverse bird life.
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Last updated: 04 August 2006