Lamington National Park

Lamington spans roughly 21,000 hectares of the McPherson Range on Yugambeh Country, part of the UNESCO Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area along with neighbouring Springbrook. The park has two main visitor sections — Green Mountains and Binna Burra — each reached by separate roads from different points of the Gold Coast hinterland, with no driveable connection between them inside the park. The Border Track, a 21-kilometre walking trail along the McPherson Range, links the two. The park holds the largest Queensland stand of Antarctic beech (Nothofagus moorei), including individuals estimated at over 2,000 years old through clonal coppicing, alongside subtropical rainforest, regent and Albert's lyrebirds, and the famous-since-1937 site of Bernard O'Reilly's rescue of the Stinson airliner survivors. The historic Binna Burra Lodge was destroyed in the 2019 bushfires and has been rebuilding since.

Tracks are still closed in places after Tropical Cyclone Alfred, including sections of the Illinbah and Coomera circuits — check the park alerts before you plan a walk. The road up to Green Mountains is 36km of narrow, winding bitumen from Canungra and takes at least 50 minutes; it is not suitable for RVs over 6m or anything towing a caravan or camper trailer. The Border Track links Green Mountains and Binna Burra and most other walks branch off it. Remote bush camps are only open 1 February to 30 November.