Coastal Fringe and Hayward Gully (3.0km), Conway National Park, Queensland

Coastal Fringe and Hayward Gully is a 3km, grade 1 hike located in the Conway National Park, Queensland. The hike should take around 1.25 hrs to complete.

Length: 3km

Duration: 1.25 hrs

Grade: 1

Style: Circuit

Start: Day use carpark

End: Day use carpark

Location: Conway National Park

Closest town: Shute Harbour

Queensland

From state capital: 1115km

Longitude: 148.7659295

Latitude: -20.28690138

Hike summary

This Coastal Fringe and Hayward Gully hike wanders through lowland rainforest and cross a small tidal creek next to mangroves and cottonwoods. Keep an eye or ear out for conway's ' Big-foot' birds.Australian brush turkeys dutifully rake about in the leaf litter or you may hear the strange call of the shy and rarely seen orange footed scrub-fowl.

The walk is extended by branching of the coastal Fringe circuit to hayward gully continue through lowland forest and cross small rocky creek beds.

Hayward gully begins on a plateau high in the Conway range. A small patch of mangroves and associated wildlife adds diversity to the walk.

Route and GPX file

Total distance: 3019 m
Max elevation: 23 m
Min elevation: 3 m
Total climbing: 89 m
Total descent: -87 m

Download file: Coastal-Fringe-and-Hayward-Gully-1.gpx

Tips

Use a good quality insect repellent
Circuit best done early morning before heat of the day

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About the region

Conway is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 911 km northwest of Brisbane. The park's main feature is the Conway Peninsula which is covered by the largest area of lowland tropical rainforest in Queensland outside Tropical North Queensland.

Walk-in bush camping is permitted however there are no established camp sites. There are a number of walking tracks graded from easy to moderate.

For more information on this hiking trail, please visit Queensland.com

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