Main Range National Park Brisbane | Southern Queensland Country

The track follows the pristine Dalrymple Creek, crossing it several times. Photo credit: Maxime Coquard © Queensland Government

Impressive mountain peaks, escarpments and ridges offer breathtaking views. Photo credit: © Janette Asche

North Branch track

Explore Goomburra's fragrant eucalypt forest alongside a pristine mountain stream that is alive with birdlife.

Journey type
Walk
Distance
7km return Start and finish points are the same and the traveller must return via the same path
Time suggested
Allow 3.5hr walking time.
Grade
Grade 4 walking track

Accessible by

  • Conventional vehicle

Journey facilities

  • Walking

Heading off from the locked gate opposite the Kurrajong picnic area, you’ll be serenaded by a symphony of frog and bird calls. Follow the track through open forest, rock hopping back and forth across water-worn rocks in the unspoiled north branch of Dalrymple Creek.

Endangered Fleay's barred frog call this part of the creek home. Listen for the distinctive and throaty ‘ok-ok-ok’ call of solitary males. If there are a few males around, they emit a long rasping ‘arrrrrrr’ chorus.

After following the creek for 3.5km, you’ll enter cool and lush rainforest and the turnaround point of your walk.

This park is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, famed for its ongoing geological processes, evolutionary history, and diversity (especially of rare, threatened and endemic species).

Getting there and getting around

The North Branch track is in the Goomburra section of Main Range National Park, about 175km south-west of Brisbane.

Getting to the Goomburra section

  • The Goomburra section can be reached from both the New England and Cunningham highways.
  • From the New England Highway turn off the highway 3km south of Allora onto Inverramsay Road, follow Inverramsay Road, then Forestry Reserve Road east for about 35km to the park entrance.
  • From the Cunningham Highway turn off at Gladfield, 25km west of Cunninghams Gap or 13km east of the Cunningham and New England highway junction, and travel 8km to join Inverramsay Road, then follow Inverramsay Road, and Forestry Reserve Road to the park entrance.

For tourism information for all regions in Queensland, see Queensland.com, and for friendly advice on how to get there, where to stay and what to do, find your closest accredited visitor information centre.

Wheelchair access

There are no wheelchair-accessible facilities.

Before you visit

Opening hours

North Branch track is open 24 hours a day.

Check park alerts for the latest information on access, closures and conditions.

Visiting safely

For more safety information see Visiting Main Range safely and Walk with care.