Travel Guide Springbrook National Park

This park is part of the Shield Volcano Group of the Gondwana Rainforest, a World Heritage Site. At nightfall, you can observe opossums, bats, cockatoos and red panda. The flora is abundant due to the high rainfall and the variety of volcanic soils. You can find beech trees over 3,000 years old, and the remarkable Springbrook Leatherwood, discovered in 1994, a tree 25 m high.The Mount Cougal section is located right on the border between Queensland and New South Wales. It has two twin peaks, East Peak and West Peak, or Ningeroongun and Barrajanda, which rise to 694 m above sea level. Legend has it that an Aboriginal hunter named Gwayla had two hunting dogs, each of which was killed and buried under these peaks, hence the name The Springbrook Plateau part, located between 600 and 1000 m above sea level, offers beautiful views as well as a hike that starts at the Tallanbana or Goomoolahra picnic areas, and passes by numerous waterfalls like Twin Falls, Rainbow Falls, Goomoolahra Falls..The Natural Bridge section is a naturally formed rock arch over Cave Creek. Formed from a waterfall, this cave is home to a colony of glowworms and many tour operators organize night tours in the cave. However, swimming is not allowed in the cave in order to preserve the habitat of the glow worms.