Starting from Hope Street, Nerang, this walk takes you on a circuit in the eucalypt woodland of Nerang National Park via various shared-use trails, crossing multiple creeks along the way. This track will challenge your navigational and aural skills as well as your level of fitness, if not more. The extensive web of tracks give you a chance to customize your journey, but this also means that there will be heaps of intersections/turns that you need to memorize if you’re on a trail run. You may come across the occasional wallaby along with other wildlife residing in the park. The tracks are shared with mountain bikers, therefore you need to look out and listen for them at all times to be safe. The gradient is varied with some decent ascents/descents that will get your heart rate up. You’ll be covered by the canopy on some parts of the journey, but the exposed parts may become problematic in warmer months. Let us begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we travel today, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
Before you start any bushwalk ensure you;
• Tell someone you trust where you are going and what to do if you are overdue
• Have adequate equipment, supplies, skills & knowledge for the whole journey
• Consider the impact of weather forecasts, park/track closures & fire dangers
• Can respond to emergencies & call for help at any point
• Are healthy and fit enough for this journey
If not, change plans and stay safe. It is okay to delay and ask people for help.
Continue onto Nerang Connection Road and drive for another 960 m
Turn right onto Hope Street and drive for another 235 m
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Track Notes
Turn by turn instructions & maps
Getting started From Hope Street(20 metres southeast of intersection with Stevens Street), head towards the green & red metal gate down the concrete stairs, moving directly away from the street. Keep moving in the same direction and cross the road, then pass by the white signpost as you follow the road veering right in the distance. After 160 metres, turn left at the T intersection, then turn right at the first intersection and head towards the gate. Head around/over the gate then veer slightly left at the 4-way intersection to continue along Nerang NP Southeastern Circuit(counterclockwise).....
Turn map
Directions & comments
Start.
Find the gate at the start.
After another 20 m pass the toilet (95 m on your right).
Continue straight.
After another 140 m turn left.
After another 35 m turn right.
After another 7 m head through/around the gate.
After another 280 m (at the intersection of Casuarina Grove Circuit & Pipeline Express -Closed) turn right, to head along Casuarina Grove Circuit (a walking track).
After another 60 m cross the ford.
After another 390 m (at the intersection of Casuarina Grove Circuit & Petes) turn sharp left, to head along Petes.
After another 390 m turn right, to head along Petes.
After another 30 m turn left.
After another 105 m turn right, to head along Petes.
After another 530 m continue straight, to head along Petes.
After another 3 km (at the intersection of Mongrels link & Mongrels) turn sharp right, to head along Mongrels link.
After another 65 m (at the intersection of Mongrels link & Baileys link) veer right (a vehicle track).
After another 90 m continue straight.
After another 380 m continue straight.
After another 130 m turn left, to head along Wombats.
After another 10 m (at the intersection of Wombats & Baileys) turn right, to head along Baileys.
After another 45 m (at the intersection of Baileys & B+Bs) turn left, to head along B+Bs.
After another 300 m (at the intersection of Happy Valley & B+Bs) veer left, to head along Happy Valley.
After another 35 m (at the intersection of Happy Valley & Wombats Connection) veer right, to head along Happy Valley.
After another 30 m cross the ford.
After another 650 m (Gnome Tree) veer right, to head along Happy Valley.
After another 115 m (at the intersection of Happy Valley & Upper Happy Valley) continue straight, to head along Happy Valley.
After another 640 m pass the "Brookfield Court Reserve" (245 m on your right).
After another 195 m (at the intersection of Rainforest & Happy Valley) turn sharp left, to head along Upper Happy Valley.
After another 65 m (at the intersection of Exit & Upper Happy Valley) veer right, to head along Exit.
After another 305 m (at the intersection of Exit & Bunny Trail) continue straight, to head along Exit.
After another 55 m (at the intersection of Barneys & Exit) continue straight, to head along Exit.
After another 450 m veer left.
After another 45 m turn right.
After another 20 m veer right, to head along Three Hills.
After another 70 m (at the intersection of Comm track 6 & Exit - 3 Hills Link) continue straight, to head along Comm track 6.
After another 520 m turn right.
After another 45 m turn right.
After another 140 m come to a toilet.
Continue straight.
After another 30 m come to the end.
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Terrain
Know the Hills, grading & facilities
Nerang NP Southeastern Circuit
Grading
Class 4/6
Hard track
Length
9.4 km
Time
2 h 45 min to 4 h 30 min
Quality of track
Clear and well formed track or trail (2/6)
Gradient
Short steep hills (3/6)
Signage
Minimal directional signs (4/6)
Infrastructure
Limited facilities, not all cliffs are fenced (3/6)
Experience Required
Some bushwalking experience recommended (3/6)
Weather
Weather generally has little impact on safety (2/6)
