Walk the Lyrebird Track around the base of Mount Warning (Wollumbin) and listen for the call of the rare Albert’s Lyrebird. Wind along the many tracks in the lush sub-tropical rainforest of Lamington National Park, then do the O'Reillys Tree Top Walk through the vine-lined canopy. Trek down valleys and up to spectacular lookouts in Springbrook National Park. Climb Pinnacle Lookout, on the rim of massive Wollumbin Crater, in Border Ranges National Park. Then picnic amongst the park’s Antarctic beech forest.  Scale the heights of Mt Maroon, Mt Barney, Mt Mitchell and Mt Cordeaux near Beaudesert.  Hike past waterfalls and creeks in the scenic Nightcap Range in Nightcap National Park.

Picnic with kangaroos, koalas, spotted-tail quolls and squirrel gliders in Mount Warning National Park. Listen out for the whip-crack call of the male whip bird and the copycat cry of the Albert’s lyrebird. See the rare rufous scrub-bird, wompoo pigeon and marbled frogmouth. In Border Rangers National Park, which is home to Australia’s highest concentration of marsupial species, you’ll meet echidnas, bandicoots, platypus, pademelons, possums and flying-foxes. From Kingscliff and Byron Bay, you can spot dolphins frolicking in the water and humpback whales on their annual migration. 

Drive the Rainforest Way, a series of loops and trails linking a string of World Heritage-listed National Parks.  Take in emerald farmlands and Gondwanan forest on the Tweed Range Scenic Drive along the upper rim of the ancient Mount Warning (Wollumbin) caldera. Cross the Great Dividing Range and stop atop the Richmond Range for sweeping views to the distant volcanic plugs.  Explore Boonah or go rock-climbing in Mount French National Park on the Main Range drive. Visit Tamborine Mountain in the Gold Coast hinterland, or meander through Nimbin to tall Minyon Falls in Nightcap National Park.