Scenic circuit
Experience ancient bunya pine forest, delightful waterfalls and rock pools, towering trees and sweeping vistas of valleys on this easy walk.
- Journey type
- Walk
- Distance
- 4km circuit The same start and finish point, but the traveller doesn’t return along the same path
- Time suggested
- Allow 1.5hr walking time.
- Grade
- Grade 3 walking track
Accessible by
- Conventional vehicle
- Bicycle
Journey facilities
- Lookout (constructed)
- Walking
- Photo credit: © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: Maxime Coquard © Tourism and Events Queensland
- Photo credit: Maxime Coquard © Tourism and Events Queensland
- Photo credit: Maxime Coquard © Tourism and Events Queensland
- Photo credit: Briony Masters © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: Maxime Coquard © Tourism and Events Queensland
- Photo credit: © Tourism and Events Queensland
- Photo credit: Maxime Coquard © Tourism and Events Queensland
- Photo credit: Maxime Coquard © Tourism and Events Queensland
Perhaps the most popular walk on the mountain, this track which starts from the Dandabah picnic area wanders through splendid bunya pine forest and a variety of mountain scenery. Discover delightful rock pools as the track passes by Festoon and Tim Shea falls. Gaze at a towering strangler fig and soak up stunning panoramic views of the valleys and hills of South Burnett from Pine Gorge lookout.
Look for green catbirds, paradise rifle-birds and red-legged pademelons. Peek in rock pools for the huge tadpoles of great barred frogs, and try to spot rare sooty owls, which sometimes roost in the hollow of the giant fig tree straddling the boardwalk.
If time is short, walk in an anti-clockwise direction and turn back at either Festoon Falls or Pine Gorge lookout.
Getting there and getting around
The Scenic circuit is in the Bunya Mountains National Park, 200km north-west of Brisbane and 125km north-west of Toowoomba in the South Burnett region.
- The circuit starts from the Dandabah picnic area, at the south-eastern park entrance.
- Turn off Bunya Mountains Road onto Bunya Avenue and drive 1km to the picnic area.
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
Scenic circuit 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 and Walk with care.
- Bunya Mountains - Burtons Well walking tracks closed due to storm damage 1 February to 18 October 2024
- The Bunya Bunya walking track is closed 29 January 2023 to 29 January 2025
- Bunya Mountains Road from Kumbia - closed to all caravans due to road maintenance 16–30 September 2024