Where to walk

Walking is a healthy, economical leisure pursuit. A walk through a national park of bushland park is a great way to explore with the whole family, or for those who like a gentler pace, try a stroll through one of the many council parks and gardens.

Crow's Nest

Walking trails are plentiful around Crow's Nest - choose from short walks to all-day hikes.

• Applegum Walk - From Bullocky's Rest (New England Hwy) to Hartmann's Par, a moderate 1.5km walk
• Charles and Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve Nature Trail - An easy 30 minute walk from adjacent to Highfields Sports Centre, O'Briens Road, Highfields
• Crow's Nest National Park - four trails from a one km easy walk to a 3.4km moderate walk
• Hartmann's Park circuit - an easy 500m walk
• Lake Cooby - Dam Wall to Loveday Cove, an easy 4.5km walk
• Lake Cressbrook - An easy 6km walk, from the campground around the shore
• Lake Perseverance - A hard walk to Crow's Nest Falls
• Ravensbourne National Park - Four walks graded easy varying in length from 500m to 3.5km 

Toowoomba

Toowoomba lends itself to exploration at a leisurely pace either on foot, or by bicycle.

Around the centre of the city itself, you can take heritage walks which pass by historic community buildings and private homes.

One walk takes the visitor through Toowoomba's cultural and legal precincts where significant buildings such as the Courthouse, Post Office, Empire Theatre, churches and hotels can be seen.

Two areas of importance in the city's early development are the Caledonian and Mort Estates, where streetscapes and housing styles highlight the construction materials and architectural methods employed in earlier times. Historic Walks

A gentle stroll through Toowoomba's many city parks is always a pleasure. However for the more energetic, the easily accessed bushland parks fringing the city's eastern boundary provide the perfect avenue for enjoyable exercise and exploration.

At the north of the city, just below the mountain escarpment, the 293 ha Jubilee Park has five graded walks, ranging from 900 m to a 3.7 km trail shared by walkers and horse riders. Adjoining is the 197 ha Redwood Park, where trails extend from 840 m to a shared walking and riding 3.8 kilometres.

Ranging around one of Toowoomba's favourite scenic outlooks Picnic Point Park has a number of walks of varying difficulty, from 200 m to over 2 km. Detailed signs are located near the Picnic Point buildings, and at other locations around the park.

Toowoomba's most prominent escarpment park is undoubtedly Table Top, with its naturally treeless summit covered by native grass. The energetic who make the 1.9 km return walk are rewarded by spectacular mountain and valley views from the summit.

Two smaller parks to the south of Picnic Point have their own distinctive appeal. The least developed - McKnight Park- has no formalised access but, perched as it is on the side of the escarpment, offers an unspoilt bushland experience for the hardy walker.

Compact Duggan Park is being used as a forest regeneration site with natural eucalypt forest being encouraged to grow, and can be enjoyed by way of an 800 m walk which runs around the park's perimeter.

On the city's southern outskirts, Glen Lomond Park has two walking tracks. One is approximately 1.6 km, the other - shared with horse riders - is approximately 3.6 km.