Springbrook National Park consists of three distinct sections: Springbrook Plateau, Natural Bridge and Mt Cougal

Springbrook National Park (2,620 ha)

Springbrook National Park consists of three distinct sections: Springbrook Plateau, Natural Bridge and Mt Cougal. Each with their own features and charms, access is a half hour drive from the Gold Coast

Springbrook Plateau section: Waterfalls cascade over the spectacular cliffs in this section. Lookouts offer scenic views of mountains, canyons and coastline, with "Best of All" lookout being the most spectacular, offering stunning views over the Tweed Valley and Mount Warning, to the south. Extensive walking tracks lead through open forest and rainforest.

Natural Bridge section: Water and time have formed this unusual geological feature in the dense rainforest. Day picnic facilities, A circular walking track leads you through the rainforest and along a creek bank. Don't miss the opportunity to explore the "Natural Bridge" formation, where a waterfall plunges through the roof of a cave into a beautiful sun-dappled rainforest grotto, which is home to glow-worms, bats and other denizens of the dark.

Mt Cougal section: While most of the section is untracked and mountainous, a day picnic area at "Cougal Cascades" provides car parking, picnic tables, public toilets and a sealed walking track suitable for wheelchair access. Further along the track, wooden stairs and a gravel track lead to a rock pool where swimming is permitted, and past rock slides to the restored remains of an old sawmill dating from 1914.