Things to do
Dularcha National Park has three tracks for walking, mountain bike touring and horseriding and four tracks for walking and mountain bike touring.
Day-use area and toilet facilities are not provided in this small park but are available nearby in Landsborough and Mooloolah townships and in Glass House Mountains National Park.
Read about park access and visiting safely.
Cyclists: slow down when entering the tunnel to allow your eyes to adjust to the darker environment!
Photo credit: Ross Naumann, QPWS volunteer
Track view, approaching the tunnel from the south on the Tunnel track.
Photo credit: Ross Naumann, QPWS volunteer
A large-footed myotis bat colony seasonally roosts on the ceiling of the Dularcha tunnel. This image shows just one bat that was on the edge of a group of about 60 bats huddled together on the ceiling.
Photo credit: Ross Naumann, QPWS volunteer
Take a close look at the Dularcha tunnel walls with a torch and you may find this colourful moth. Spiders and delicate ferns can also be found.
Photo credit: Ross Naumann, QPWS volunteer
Spotted pardalote photographed on the Tunnel bypass track, Dularcha National Park.
Photo credit: Ross Naumann, QPWS volunteer
Walking, horse riding and bike riding
For safety a give-way code applies:
- Mountain bikers give way to horseriders and walkers, and alert others when approaching them.
- Walkers give way to horseriders.
Use the track classification standards to choose tracks that suit your group’s ability and fitness.
Tunnel track
Distance: 3km one-way. Distance to tunnel 900m one-way (from northern entrance) or 2.1km one-way (from southern entrance)
Details: Take this easy walk to the heritage-listed railway tunnel. Slow down as you enter the tunnel to allow your eyes time to adjust to the darkness—especially important for cyclists!
Look closely at the tunnel walls and you may find colourful moths, spiders and in wetter areas small ferns. Listen for large-footed myotis bats that seasonally roost here and avoid disturbing them by walking quietly through the tunnel.
Tunnel bypass track
Distance: 220m one-way
Details: This track passes over the ridge and is designed for visitors with horses that are uncomfortable in the tunnel confines. From this track you can also access the north-eastern section of Roses Circuit—slow down and take care where the tracks meet.
Caution:
- This section of track is steep, uneven and slippery, especially after wet weather.
- Slow down and look out for other track users where the track meets the Roses circuit.
Roses circuit track
Distance: 8.8km return (from the northern entrance) or 8km return (from the southern entrance)
Details: Adventure through dry sclerophyll forest and rainforest gullies on this track that includes some views south to the Glass House Mountains.
Walking and mountain-biking tracks
Four trails are provided for the use of walkers and mountain-bike touring only.
Myla track
Distance: 1.7km one-way
Gully track
Distance: 1km one-way
Ridge track
Distance: 1km one-way
Connection track
Distance: 700m one-way
- There are currently no park alerts for this park.