by Pteropus » Wed 11 Jul, 2012 10:46 am
Hi Scinap,
By the title of the thread, are you asking for hikes that take half-an-hour to an hour to walk, or hikes that take that long to drive to reach them?
There are plenty of easy hikes that offer views at Springbrook NP, Lamington NP, Cunningham's Gap and other sections of Main Range to the west of Brisbane, but they take at least an hour-and-a-half to two hours to reach by car. Within an hour there is the Glass House Mountains to the north and the D'Aguilar NP to the north-west. Most of these places require own transport though. There is of course, Mt Coot-tha, directly to the west of Brisbane, and this has some very simple walks and is easily accessible and also has some very nice views of the city and to the south too.
Cheers
Andrew