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Length: 2.5km
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Duration: 1hr
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Grade: 4
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Style: Return
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Start: Unnamed Road, Peak Crossing
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End: Unnamed Road, Peak Crossing
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Location: Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate
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Closest Town:
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Distance from CBD: 63.8 km
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State: QLD
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Latitude: -27.793471
Longitude: 152.798192
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Mount Blaine Hiking Track is a 2.5km, grade 4 Return hike located in Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate Queensland. The hike should take approximately 1hrs to complete.
Summary
The Mount Blaine Hiking Track forms part of the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate managed by Ipswich City Council, and is accessed from the Flinders Plum Picnic Area off Mt Flinders Road in Peak Crossing, just South of Ipswich. Visitors to the Estate can take in the natural wonders of the area through a range of recreational activities including hiking, mountain bike riding and horse riding. The conservation estate is over 1900 hectares in area supporting extensive forests and rugged volcanic peaks and slopes including Flinders Peak, and Mounts Blain, Catherine and Goolman. The Estate is an important wildlife refuge supporting 136 bird, 25 mammal, 13 reptile and eight amphibian species as well as 531 different flora species.
About the region
Located 20 minutes drive from the Ipswich City, the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate covers over 2,200 hectares. The conservation estate supports extensive forests and rugged volcanic peaks and slopes including Flinders Peak, Mt Blaine, Mt Catherine and Mt Goolman.
A range of recreational activities are on offer to visitors to the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate including bird-watching, hiking, mountain bike and horse riding (bring your own bike or horse) and camping.
Hardings Paddock and Flinders Plum Picnic Areas are the destination highlights within the conservation estate with each area offering barbecues and public toilets. The campground at Hardings Paddock provides the only bush camping opportunity within the 6,000+ hectares of natural reserves in the Ipswich region.
For more information on this hiking trail, please visit Queensland.com
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Blane Watson