Walking Trails
A number of walking trails radiate out from the town of Herberton.
They range from shorter walks that showcase the heritage buildings of the
township to intermediate length walks that include the river and the closer
hills, to much longer walks that penetrate deep into the rugged ranges. Longer
over- night treks can be arranged with local guides.
Walk Safe
Herberton is situated at an elevation of just under 1000 metres (3000 feet)
and lies out of the higher rainfall belt of the Wet Tropics. The elevation
ameliorates the hotter conditions often encountered by visitors to the North
Queensland tropical paradise, and the lower rainfall counteracts the humid
conditions especially of the coastal lowlands. In fact, frosts are a regular
occurrence in winter and nothing beats an open fireplace on those cold nights – an
experience to write home about in the tropics! The lower rainfall also combines
with the tough granitic countryside to make the walking trails robust enough
to be available all year round – wet or dry. Only major events like
bushfires or cyclones may close the trails and even then only for short periods.
The high elevation of the trails in tropical conditions makes it important
to guard against dehydration and sunburn.
For Walk Safe Tips and Bush
Ethics click here (PDF File 81Kb)
The Short Walks of Herberton
|
Distance |
Time |
Comment |
Photopost Walk |
100 metres |
½ hour |
Main Street heritage. # |
Heritage Buildings Walk |
600 metres |
1 hour |
The central street area of the township.# |
The Wild River Parkway |
1 km |
1 hour |
Environmental ramble along the river # |
Upper Grace Street Lookout |
1 km |
½ hour |
A hike to the top of a hill for the
views. |
The Copper Mines Walk |
1.5 km |
1 hour |
An easy bush walk from Upper Grace
Street ** |
Specimen Hill Lookout |
1.5 km |
1½ hours |
Going on from the Grace Street lookout
to a higher vantage point. ** |
# These
walks are also covered by a separate brochure available at the Mining Museum.
** These
walks are on gravel tracks and include a 'bush' experience. Specimen Hill
can include a very steep scramble to the best lookout over Herberton,
and, for fit people on the Copper Mines Walk, a small bridle trail leads
to Anniversary Falls, an early picnic spot.
Click here for your brochure
of the Short Walks of Herberton. (PDF. file 3.24MB)
The Great Northern Walking Trails
A series of self guiding walking trails of varying lengths and challenges that
begin from the Great Northern Minesite where the Tablelands began.
|
Distance |
Time |
Comment |
| Great Northern Mines |
1.0 kms |
1 hour |
Easy to moderate walk |
Macleod Street Trail |
2.1 km |
1 hour |
Easy to moderate walk
|
Magazine Road Escape Trail |
3.4 km |
1.5 hours |
Moderate walk |
Mt Ida Firetrail |
5.7 km |
2.5 hours |
Difficult -steep walk
|
Denbigh Road Trail |
3.0 km |
1.5 hours |
Moderate walk
|
| Southern Firetrail |
6 km |
3 hours |
Moderate walk
|
| Stewart Head Walk |
12 km |
6+ hours |
Moderate to difficult most of day walk
|
Click
here to see the Great Northern Trails brochure (PDF File1.77Mb.)
Click to see Ironclad Mine Walk (Google Earth required to view)
Click to see Specimen Hill Walk (Google Earth required to view)
Click to see Herberton walking tracks (Google Earth required to view)
Contact Us at the Mining Museum and Visitor
Information Centre
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