Barker Creek lookout track
Pass picturesque waterfalls on this rainforest stroll to a grassy ‘bald’ with stunning views over Big Falls and the gorge below.
- Journey type
- Walk
- Distance
- 5.4km one way A path where the start point is different to the finish point
- Time suggested
- Allow 2hr walking time.
- Grade
- Grade 3 walking track
Accessible by
- Conventional vehicle
- Bicycle
Journey facilities
- Lookout (natural)
- Walking
- Photo credit: © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: Maxime Coquard © Tourism and Events Queensland
- Photo credit: © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: Robert Ashdown © Queensland Government
- Photo credit: Robert Ashdown © Queensland Government
From Paradise car park, meander through rainforest, following Barker Creek past. Picturesque Paradise Falls and Little Falls. Follow the track to Big Falls lookout and gaze at the falls and valley below, featuring large hoop pines. The true splendour of the falls, the tallest in the Bunya Mountains, is only revealed after heavy rain.
Have lunch on the grassy ‘bald’ above Big Falls and view Barker Creek Gorge. Look for carpet pythons basking in patches of sunlight. Gaze at grey goshawks and wedge-tailed eagles soaring, or topknot pigeons wheeling overhead. In the rainforest, listen for green catbirds and wompoo fruit-doves.
Getting there and getting around
Barker Creek lookout track is in the Bunya Mountains National Park, 200km north-west of Brisbane and 125km north-west of Toowoomba in the South Burnett region.
- The track starts from either the Dandabah picnic area at the south-eastern park entrance (turn onto Bunya Avenue and drive 1km to the picnic area) or Paradise car park, 2.5km along Bunya Mountains Road from the Bunya Avenue intersection.
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
Barker Creek lookout track 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 19 July 2024
- The Bunya Bunya walking track is closed 29 January 2023 to 29 January 2025