Bunya Mountains National Park Southern Queensland Country

Picnic on a tiny grassland 'bald' surrounded by rainforest. Photo credit: Robert Ashdown © Queensland Government

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Cherry Plain picnic area

Park or picnic on a tiny grassland 'bald' surrounded by rainforest. From here you can head off for a scenic west-side walk to Burtons Well or Westcott.

Accessible by

  • Conventional vehicle
  • Bicycle

Attraction facilities

  • Picnic tables

Queensland National Parks Booking System Update

Access to the Queensland National Parks Booking System is unavailable until 9am AEST Thursday 6 February as we transition to a new booking system. No new bookings or amendments to existing bookings can be made during this closure period.

More information about the new booking system.

Enjoy the serenity of this peaceful picnic and roadside parking area surrounded by rainforest, well away from the main visitor area of the Bunya Mountains. From here, walk north on Cherry Plains to Burtons Well track or south on the Westcott to Cherry Plains track.

Look for shy black-breasted button-quails in the dry rainforest gully a short distance along the track from Cherry Plain. Spy fairy-wrens, finches and scurrying skinks in open grassy areas. Listen for the sounds of wonga pigeons, green catbirds and eastern whipbirds calling in the surrounding rainforest. In the evening, spotlight for bandicoots, wallabies and pademelons.

Getting there and getting around

The Cherry Plain picnic area is in the Bunya Mountains National Park, 200km north-west of Brisbane and 125km north-west of Toowoomba in the South Burnett region.

  • The picnic area is 6km along Bunya Mountains Road from the south-eastern park entrance.

Three steep, narrow and winding routes, signposted as the Great Bunya Drive, lead to the park. The Bunya Mountains Road passes through the park from the south-east to the north.

For more details on how to get to Bunya Mountains National Park, please see getting there and getting around.

Wheelchair access

There are no wheelchair-accessible facilities.

Before you visit

Opening hours

Cherry Plain picnic area is open 24 hours a day

Check park alerts for the latest information on access, closures and conditions.

Visiting safely

For more safety information see Visiting Bunya Mountains safely.