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Tree Top Walkway
Canungra,
Scenic Rim Area
Free Entry
Description
The Tree Top Walk is located on O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat property and was built by the Natural History Association.
The Booyong Boardwalk featuring some excellent interpretive signage leads you from the front of O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat to the walkway which is a series of suspension bridges that take you 16 metres up into the rainforest canopy.
... moreThe adventurous can climb ladders to a crows nest like platform in a fig tree 30 metres above the ground.
... lessAbout the Walk
Walk Highlights
- Walking through the rainforest canopy
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
Walk Hints
This is a walk that everyone can enjoy, except perhaps those who suffer from a fear of heights.
Best Time To Go
An early morning visit will be rewarded by plentiful birdlife, red-necked pademelons and relative solitude. Lengthy queues form during the middle of the day on busy days.
Property Details
Facilities
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Car park -
Shaded Area -
Viewing Platform
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Walking Tracks
Activities
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Animal Watching -
Birdwatching -
Walking
Other Information
General Comments
The Tree Top Walk is on private property owned by the O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat. This structure is not on Lamington National Park. For all enquiries contact O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat. The Tree Top Walkway is an easy 1.5 kilometre track which should take about 30 minutes. This is a walk that everyone can enjoy, except perhaps those who suffer from a fear of heights.
How To Get There
From Broadbeach, drive 40 kilometres to Canungra via Nerang and follow the signs to Green Mountains and O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat. From the north, take Pacific Motorway exit 34 to Beenleigh, route 92 to Tamborine, and route 90 to Canungra and follow the signs. The 36 kilometres winding and often narrow bitumen road from Canungra requires care and takes at least 50 minutes. This road is unsuitable for caravans.
Free Entry
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