Mount Scoria Cultural Trail (0.6km), Mount Scoria Conservation Park, Queensland

Mount Scoria Cultural Trail is a 600m, grade 2 hike located in the Mount Scoria Conservation Park, Queensland. The hike should take around 30 mins to complete.

Length: 600m

Duration: 30 mins

Grade: 2

Style: Return

Start: 49-55 Ramsay Rd

End: 51 Ramsay Rd

Location: Mount Scoria Conservation Park

Closest town: Thangool

Queensland

From state capital: 549km

Longitude: 150.573957

Latitude: -24.48630887

Hike summary

Some travel the world to visit the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, but the Gladstone region's answer to the hexagonal volcanic columns can be found right here at Mount Scoria.

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Close to Thangool, a 10-minute drive down the Burnett Highway takes you directly to the park entrance, where it’s only a short distance to the site.

Though a tempting climb, the mountain is culturally significant to the Gangulu People, and also considered dangerous under foot. For these reasons, visitors are asked to stick to the designated walking tracks. An easy-to-do activity before a picnic lunch, the short cultural interpretive walk (Class 3) around the base of the mountain reveals Scoria’s epic history, hidden stories and importance of place.

The surrounding vegetation includes 72 plant species, among them silver-leaved ironbark, Moreton Bay ash, Queensland blue gum, brigalow and in particular, semi-deciduous vine thickets that are significant in their own right. Mount Scoria also attracts birds and with thirty-three species common to the area, the park is well-known as a bird watcher’s delight.

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

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