Journeys
Daisy Hill has designated walking tracks and a network of shared trails for walkers to enjoy.
Photo credit: Lise Pedersen
Follow the wheelchair accessible Paperbark trail boardwalk as it winds through cool melaleuca wetlands.
Photo credit: © Mark Patenaude, Queensland Government
Walking
- Koala Bushland Coordinated Conservation Area (KBCCA) locality map
- Day-use area and short walks map and information
- Shared trails map and information—walkers
Daisy Hill Conservation Park offers the chance to explore tall eucalypt forests, melaleuca wetlands and the billabongs along Buhot Creek.
There are two designated walking trails in the park. The 450m Paperbark trail is suitable for wheelchairs and families with strollers and features a boardwalk. Walking is also permitted on all management roads and shared trails in Daisy Hill Conservation Park and the greater Koala Bushland Coordinated Conservation Area (KBCCA), unless otherwise signed. Mountain bikers and horseriders are not permitted on designated walking tracks.
Shared trails are longer walks and are shared with dog walkers, mountain-bike riders and horseriders. You will need to be well prepared before walking the network of shared trails. Please read Staying safe for details.
There are three circuits that start at the Daisy Hill trail hub: Spotted gum circuit (5.2km), Stringybark circuit (5.7km) and the Buhot Creek circuit (9km). All three circuits are Grade 3 walks and return distances are measured from the Daisy Hill trail hub. The Plunkett mallee circuit (2.4km) starts in Don and Christine Burnett Conservation Area and the return distance is measured from the trailhead near the car park.
Only walk shared trails where these symbols appear on the directional markers located trail entries and junctions.
For details of these circuits and other shared trails, see the shared trails table below.
- Read Staying safe for walking safety tips and the Give way code when walking shared trails.
Visitors can enjoy bushwalking with their dogs on walking tracks and shared trails where signed. Dogs must be kept on a leash at all times. Dogs are not permitted on designated horse or mountain-bike trails. There are council-managed parks close by that also permit dogs, Kimberley Forest Park and Springwood Conservation Park are managed by the Logan City Council.
| Trail | Classification | Distance | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperbark trail | 450m | Allow 15min | Suitable for wheelchairs, this Disability Discrimination Act compliant trail and boardwalk starts near car park three in the Daisy Hill day-use area. It winds through cool melaleuca wetlands fed by a natural spring. Stop to read the interpretive signs along the way to find out why melaleucas are marvellous! Take a virtual tour of the Paperbark trail captured with Google Street View Trekker. | |
| Tree discovery trail | 940m | Allow 20min | Eucalypts are extraordinary! Find out why on this self-guided trail that starts near car park 4 in the Daisy Hill day-use area and winds through open eucalypt forest. | |
| DDA Compliant pathway | 580m | 15min | Suitable for wheelchairs, this Disability Discrimination Act compliant pathway is accessible from car parks 1, 2 and 3 and stretches from Daisy Hill Koala Centre to the Paperbark trail and provides access to day-use area facilities. |
Mountain-bike riding and horseriding
Enjoy horseriding along designated or shared trails.
Photo credit: Monique Shepherd, Queensland Government
Ride along one of the designated mountain-bike or shared trails.
Photo credit: Anna Osetroff, Queensland Government
- Koala Bushland Coordinated Conservation Area (KBCCA) locality map
- Shared trails map and information—mountain bikers
- Shared trails map and information—horseriders
For mountain bikers looking for two-wheeled adventure, Daisy Hill and the greater KBCCA has kilometres of premier shared and mountain-bike trails. The mountain-bike only trails are built to international standards, offering a good mix of levels for all riders. Explore hillsides of eucalypt forest on an easy, early morning ride or challenge yourself with berms on tight corners and rock features. . Several of the trails are one-way only, so make sure you follow the directional signs to keep safe. The KBCCA’s shared trails are wider and easier to ride.
Horseriders can also explore the natural surrounds of the KBCCA on the network of shared trails. These trails cater for riders of easy to moderate experience, with rides ranging from a few hundred metres to many kilometres if you combine trails. Enjoy a relaxed, meandering ride through the area’s magnificent bushland, keeping an eye out for snoozing koalas in the branches above. Settle into the saddle with nothing but you, your horse and the wildlife around you.
- Read Staying safe for mountain-bike safety and the Give way code when riding shared trails.
Know where mountain biking and horseriding is permitted
Mountain-bike riding and horseriding are permitted on all management roads and most shared trails in Daisy Hill Conservation Park and the greater KBCCA, unless otherwise signed. Each trail entry has a directional marker indicating which recreational activities are permitted.
Mountain bikers
Only ride trails that feature these symbols on the directional markers located at the trail entries and junctions.
Mountain-bike trails
Easy
Intermediate
Horseriders
Only ride trails that feature these symbols on the directional markers located at the trail entries and junctions.
Horseriding trails
Easy
Intermediate
| Trail | Classification | Distance | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Possum Box trail | Intermediate | 2.2km | Allow 10min | Best ridden from The Fiveways but can be ridden in both directions. |
| 2. Chipline trail | Intermediate | 680m | Allow 5min | Can be ridden both directions but is a downhill run from the five ways junction. There is a challenging rock garden 200m in from the top of the trail. |
| 3. Lace monitor trail | Intermediate | 2.5km | Allow 10min | Can be ridden in both directions, preferred direction of travel is east to west. A sweeping trail with technical features. |
| 9. Jim Finch trail | Intermediate | 565m | Allow 5min | One-way trail that links to Chatswood break and the southern boundary. |
| 11. Gillians trail | Intermediate | 530m | Allow 5min | A short two-way trail link from the Glossy black trail to the Ripleys and Gilder shared-use trails. |
| 12. Glossy black trail | Easy | 1.2km one way | Allow 7 to 12min | Can be ridden in both directions. This trail links two sections of the Stringybark trail, avoiding a steep section of the trail. |
| 14. Jumping ant trail | Intermediate | 1.4km | Allow 7min | Best ridden from The Fiveways but can be ridden in both directions. |
| 16. Flying cloud trail | Intermediate | 900m | Allow 5min | One-way descending gravity trail with multiple jumps and features for skilled mountain bikers. |
| 17. Jims trail | Easy | 1.5km | Allow 10min | Two-way trail that links from the Daisy Hill trail hub to The Fiveways. |
| 18. Bronzewing trail | Intermediate | 1.1km | Allow 10min | One-way trail accessed from The Fiveways, traverses spotted gum forest and links to the Underwood Road trailhead via Bees Knees trail |
| 19. Bees knees trail | Intermediate | 780m | Allow 5min | One-way trail accessed from Centre Road that provides access to the Underwood Road trailhead. |
- Shared trails map and information—walkers
- Shared trails map and information—mountain bikers
- Shared trails map and information—horseriders
| Trail | Classification | Distance | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. Wiry panic trail | 1.6km | Allow 40min to walk or 10min to ride | Best ridden from north to south to make the most of the downhill run. | |
| 7. Grasstree East trail | 860m | Allow 20min to walk or 7min to ride | Grasstree East trail is a linking trail between sections of the Plunkett Mallee circuit in Neville Lawrie Reserve and Don and Christine Burnett Conservation Area. | |
| 15. Grasstree West trail | 830m | Allow 20min to walk or 7min to ride | Grasstree Wast trail is a linking trail between sections of the Plunkett Mallee circuit in Don and Christine Burnett Conservation Area. |
| Trail | Classification | Distance | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wattle trail | 860m | Allow 10min to ride | A downhill ride from the Hub trail, Wattle trail winds through acacia to join the Buhot Creek circuit. | |
| Hickory link | 290m | Allow 5min to ride | A meandering trail links Wattle trail to Stringybark circuit on Quarry Road. Return from Quarry Road to the Horse hub via Hickory link. |
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