Things to do
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Eungella National Park offers many opportunities for you to explore and enjoy the natural surroundings.
Camping and accommodation
Camping
A 5km drive from Eungella township will bring you to vehicle based camping available at Broken River camping area or Fern Flat camping area. Two walk-in camp sites are available for hikers on the Mackay Highlands Greak Walk at Fern Flat walker’s camp.
Broken River camping area
Camping permits are required and fees apply.
- Find out more about camping in Eungella National Park.
- Book your camp site online.
- If you cannot book online, see camping bookings for other options.
Camping is also available in nearby parks and forests within the Mackay Highlands. For more information see the camping links below.
Crediton State Forest
Homevale National Park
Mia Mia State Forest
Other accommodation
Commercial cabin-style accommodation and motels are available in Eungella township, Finch Hatton and at Broken River. For more information see, tourism information links.
Eungella Dam (located approximately 27km along Eungella Dam Road, past Broken River) is a popular site for camping, fishing and recreational water-based activities. Refer to Sunwater for information about camping and recreation opportunities. Stocked Impoundment Permits (SIPs) are required for those wishing to fish in the dam. These can be obtained by contacting Fisheries Queensland online or by phone.
Walking
Eungella National Park has more than 20km of walking tracks, varying from short easy walks to half day and full day hikes. Many of the walking tracks are part of the 56km multi-day Mackay Highlands Great Walk which begins at Pine Grove, near the Eungella township.
Whether you want to stroll with the family, walk for several hours, or set out on the Great Walk, there’s something to suit.
View the Journeys page for more information about available walks.
Cycling
You may like to cycle through Eungella National Park on the internal roads (unless signed otherwise). Expect to share the roads with pedestrians, vehicles and other cyclists. Cycling is not permitted on walking tracks within the national park.
Driving
If long-distance hiking is not your style, explore Eungella National Park and the Mackay Highlands in your vehicle. A network of quiet gravel roads will give you a different view of rainforest, open woodland and dry open country.
View the Journeys—Drives page for more information about recommended drives.
Picnic and day-use areas
Relax for a while at one of the national park’s day-use areas—there are 3 to choose from. Below are a few important things to remember:
- Day visitors must bring their own drinking water or treat water from taps before drinking and cooking.
- Rubbish bins are not provided. Take all rubbish (including food scraps) away to you for recycling or disposal.
- Dogs and other domestic animals are not permitted in Eungella National Park, which includes the day-use, visitor and picnic areas.
- Biting insects can be annoying (especially after rain), cover up and wear insect repellent.
- If heading off on a hike, ensure you lock your vehicle, and take any valuables with you or store them out of sight.
Sky Window day-use area
Catch a stunning sunrise then enjoy a casual breakfast in the day-use area before heading off on the hike. Facilities include parking, information signs, wheelchair-accessible toilets (non-flush), gas barbecues, picnic tables and a picnic shelter. Mobile phone coverage is available. A short circuit walk and the trailhead of two walking tracks are also located here.
Sky Window day-use area
Broken River visitor area
The greatest range of visitor facilities are offered here. Parking, information signs and an information centre (open 9am to 3.30pm, Friday to Sunday). Toilets (flush), gas barbecues and picnic tables in a shady, wheelchair-accessible day-use area make this a great place for lunch. Spot a platypus from one of the viewing platforms on the River walk (wheelchair-accessible) or stretch your legs on a variety of short walks or a longer hike.
Finch Hatton Gorge picnic area
Located at the trailhead of the Finch Hatton Gorge walking track, rest for a moment (and check your shoelaces are tied!) at the picnic area. The picnic area has toilets (non-flush) and picnic platforms. Parking is available a short walk from the picnic area.
Viewing wildlife
An amazing diversity of wildlife surrounds you in the park's tall trees, seasonal creeks, hollow logs and leaf litter. Some species here are found nowhere else. For about 30,000 years, wide corridors of dry open forest have isolated Eungella's rainforest. Moisture-loving species—unable to cross these corridors—have evolved here into distinct local forms.
Eungella offers excellent opportunities to view wildlife. Look out for platypus, eels and turtles from the platform at Broken River.
Go spotlighting at night. You can see greater gliders, tawny frogmouths, sugar gliders and brushtail possums. Birdwatch during the day. You might see rainbow lorikeets, red-browed finches and blue-faced honeyeaters. A rustle from the forest floor and a green flash of feathers will draw your eyes to noisy pittas foraging in leaf litter. Their distinctive 'walk-to-work' call carries clearly through the rainforest.
Eungella's forests provide a refuge for unusual frogs. Secretive Eungella tinkerfrogs are found only here in the Clarke Range. They are a rare sight, but you might hear them calling from rocky creek margins—listen for their short series of metallic ‘tinks’.
Two other threatened frog species, the northern gastric brooding frog and Eungella day frog, are listed as endangered in the Nature Conservation (Animal) Regulation 2020 (Qld).
Habitat critical to these frogs' survival is restricted to perennial rainforest streams of Eungella National Park and adjacent State forests. Both species have undergone range contractions, with dramatic declines in all known populations. The northern gastric brooding frog has not been sighted since March 1985.
- Clarke Range Track Closure 24 May 2023 to 11 July 2025
- Temporary walking track closure: Wheel of Fire walking track, Finch Hatton Gorge, Eungella National Park 2 December 2024 to 30 September 2025