Environmental Protection Agency, Brisbane Forest Park Information Centre, D’Aguilar Range National Park
 

Discover remote gorges, sheltered pockets of subtropical rainforest, expanses of eucalypt woodland and spectacular views to Moreton Bay; all within an hour’s drive of Brisbane.

Start your journey of the D’Aguilar Range from the Brisbane Forest Park Information Centre. Pick up your free copy of the Queensland Parks & Wildlife, D’Aguilar Range Traveller’s Guide or the latest edition of the Bush Telegraph. Find out about picnic areas, lookouts and walking tracks within the park. Topographic maps are available for purchase if planning long-range bushwalks or mountain bike rides. Browse the gift shop or take a walk along the banks of the beautiful Enoggera Reservoir. The Information Centre is located at 60 Mount Nebo Road, The Gap.

The D’Aguilar Range offers striking contrasts with its diversity of habitats and plant communities. It is strewn with rocky waterholes, mountain streams, eucalypt expanses and rainforest pockets. The Range protects critical wildlife habitat right on Brisbane’s doorstep, providing a refuge from the ever-increasing pressures of urban growth.

The cool mountain tops and forest flats of the D’Aguilar Range provide a rich and varied habitat for wildlife. The cooler mountain climate is ideal for ferns, mosses and beautifully coloured fungi. Great barred frogs and spiny crayfish inhabit the cool mountain streams, while yellow-bellied gliders and short-eared possums are active at night in the tall open forests. Many species of owls also live here, preying on bandicoots, possums and snakes. The range also provides excellent birdwatching opportunities; bowerbirds, wompoo fruit doves and yellow-tailed black cockatoos are often seen or heard throughout the forest.

Walkabout Creek Wildlife Centre

Spend a day at Walkabout Creek Wildlife Centre, located at the Brisbane Forest Park Information Centre. This living showcase of the amazing wildlife diversity in south-east Queensland provides an opportunity for visitors to see wildlife of the region up close. Included is a platypus, wombat, rainforest birds, reptiles and nocturnal marsupials. The wildlife centre is open from 9am to 4.30pm every day excluding some public holidays. For admission prices visit www.epa.qld.gov.au or for further information ph1300 723 684.

Go Bush and Connect with Nature Programs

A wide range of activities are offered by Queensland Parks and Wildlife. The Go Bush program is offered in the D’Aguilar Range, Daisy Hill Conservation Park and various parks on the Sunshine Coast and hinterland, Gold Coast and hinterland and Main Range National Park. Go Bush offers educational activities and field skills for adults, children and families including bushwalks, birdwalks and spotlights.

The Connect with Nature program is a curriculum-based school educational program designed for prep to year 12 students, offered at Brisbane Forest Park and Daisy Hill Conservation Park.

The program encourages children to appreciate and protect Queensland’s natural and cultural treasures. Wildlife presentations and rainforest ecology walks allow children to experience first hand the amazing diversity of our parks and wildlife.

For more information on Connect with Nature, Go Bush or to obtain a copy of the Bush Telegraph visit www.epa.qld.gov.au or contact Brisbane Forest Park Information Centre on ph 1300 723 684.