Daves Creek Circuit, Lamington National Park

Lamington National Park is a world heritage area famed for its amazing rainforest. The Binna Burra Section of Lamington has many fantastic walks, but a great starter with lots of variety is the Daves Creek Circuit. Beginning and ending along the Border Track, this loop takes three to four hours to do the 12km. You’ll walk through subtropical and temperate rainforests, windswept montane heath and patches of wet eucalypt forest. There's views over to the Springbrook plateau and down into the Numinbah Valley. A little waterfall near Molongolee Cave is often blown back up the cliff by the winds that come up the mountain valley. There’s a couple of cute streams that the path hops over, some great lookouts and a rocky outcrop you can scramble up for views over the mountain heath in the middle of the rainforest range. The Daves Creek Circuit is an excellent intro to Lamington and a readily repeatable wilderness sojourn. If this has whet your appetite and you want an all-day challenge, try the Ships Stern Circuit or the Coomera Circuit, or go the extra distance to the Green Mountains section of the park.