How to Do: Dalrymple Circuit Track, Goomburra

You’ll be swapping screen time for green time when you enter the Goomburra section of Main Range National Park. It’s home to rugged mountain ranges, spectacular lookouts, lush subtropical rainforest and some of the region’s most beautiful swimming spots. With plenty of trails available, the Dalrymple Circuit will only take about 30 minutes, but you’ll enter a whole new world. There are also private and national park campgrounds close by, as well as lodges if you like your creature comforts.

1.2km circuit
Allow 30 minutes walking time
Grade 3 Walking Track

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If you’ve got kids, make sure to print off the activity sheet (PDF, 339KB) before leaving home.

Head off from the Manna Gum camping area and across bridges and platforms over the cascades, riffles and pools of Dalrymple Creek. Stop and look for tadpoles, crayfish, platypus, insects and fish in the water below. The creek is home to many frog species, including endangered Fleay’s barred frogs (external link) .

Dalrymple Creek is one of the headwaters of the Condamine River, which flows into the Darling and then Murray rivers.

Learn about the rich history and natural values of this stunning area from trackside signs.

Download PDF Guide to Dalrymple Circuit

Getting there and getting around

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The Dalrymple circuit is in the Goomburra section of Main Range National Park, about 175km south-west of Brisbane.

The circuit starts in the Manna Gum camping area.

Getting to the Goomburra section

The Goomburra section can be reached from both the New England and Cunningham highways.
From the New England Highway turn off the highway 3km south of Allora onto Inverramsay Road, follow Inverramsay Road, then Forestry Reserve Road east for about 35km to the park entrance.
From the Cunningham Highway turn off at Gladfield, 25km west of Cunninghams Gap or 13km east of the Cunningham and New England highway junction, and travel 8km to join Inverramsay Road, then follow Inverramsay Road, and Forestry Reserve Road to the park entrance.

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Other Walking Track Guides

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While You’re Here

Make a weekend of it by checking out these other things to do in the area:

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If you have the kids in tow, make sure you check out these 20 family activities in the Southern Downs and Granite Belt.