Honeyeater Lookout Walk is a 7.5km, grade 4 hike located in Conway National Park, Queensland. The hike should take around 3 hours to complete.
Hike overview
Honeyeater lookout is a short walk from the Airlie Beach main street. The Honeyeater Lookout starts at Kara Crescent which is a 15-20 minute walk from Airlie Beach and can be accessed by foot or car. It's best to start the walk from the main street, as the parking near the start of the walk is limited and suggested for local traffic only.
The main track has been upgraded as of September 2021 for use in all weather. Although the track is in very good condition, closed footwear is advised. Most parts of the track is loose gravel, and in some spots are large rocks which can be easily walked over.
Honeyeater Lookout trail is quite steep at the start of the trail, so make sure to keep hydrated and bring enough water for a 3 hour return hike. The first 30 minutes of the trail is the steepest with the rest of the uphill walk relatively easy, and allows for a much needed recovery from the start of the trail.
When you reach the lookout, you are greeted with an expansive view over Cannonvale and Airlie Beach and the Coral Sea Marina. Return to Kara Crescent the way you came.
Route and GPX file
Max elevation: 382 m
Min elevation: 80 m
Total climbing: 422 m
Total descent: -422 m
Tips
Be prepared from some steep uphill sections, a high level of fitness is required. If you are looking at walking the Honeyeater Lookout trail in the morning, be sure to bring a head torch.
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Getting there
Kara Crescent track entrance, Airlie Beach. Approximately 550m from Airlie Beach town centre.
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About the region
Conway National Park spans approximately 75km of coastline, taking in the entire Cape Conway peninsula. The park includes the rainforest-clad Conway Range, which protects the largest area of lowland tropical rainforest in Queensland outside Tropical North Queensland. Hoop pines grow on coastal ridges and in damp gullies, emerging above the rainforest canopy. Rugged, steep, rocky cliffs provide a spectacular 35km-long backdrop to the Whitsunday Passage and islands.
Dry vine thicket, mangroves, open forests with a grasstree understorey, paperbark and pandanus woodlands, and patches of lowland rainforest with twisted vines grow in the park. It is home to 2 of Australia's mound-building birds, the Australian brush-turkey and the orange-footed scrubfowl.
Rising steeply behind busy coastal settlements, the Conway Range appears impenetrable. Through climate fluctuations over tens of thousands of years, the rainforest has persisted here, providing a continuous refuge for wildlife.
The park's vegetation is very similar to that on the Whitsunday islands because thousands of years ago the sea level rose, drowning coastal valleys and creating the islands. For thousands of years, the Ngaro and Gia people roamed these forests, harvesting riches of the land and the adjoining sea country. Today the adjacent waters are protected in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
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