In your backyard, there are places you’ve never been and things you’ve never seen. Where you can reconnect with nature, with adventure, with passion. Discover Ipswich, it’s your backyard.
Flinders may be pretty, but don’t let that deceive you. The Flinders Peak hike is a tough 7-km return hike – that’s a grade 5 track – the highest of all difficulty ratings.
If you’ve been there, done that and already hiked the most famous faces of the greater Brisbane region - Mt Barney, Mt Warning or Mt Maroon - it’s time to lace up your hiking boots and set your GPS to Ipswich.
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 picturesque retreat into nature seven kilometres from the Ipswich Central Business District is the peaceful Kholo Gardens at Pine Mountain. It's an unexpected delight to explore with its lush gardens, crystal clear lily pond, bush walks and open spaces.
Over 2,500 hectares of regionally significant bushland featuring extensive forested ridges, escarpments and valleys that are home to an amazing array of plant and wildlife species.
With over 42 species and around 200 animals in care - dingoes, bilbies, wallabies, water dragons and a whole petting zoo - the Ipswich Nature Centre , located in beautiful Queens Park is an unmissable experience.
Nocturnal Nature Detectives – Calling Junior Detectives…
Discover the secret life of the forest at night on a Nocturnal Nature Detective tour at Springfield Lakes.
Hardings Paddock campground is perfect for a weekend getaway for the whole family. Surrounded by natural bushland, there are just eight camping sites available to add to the feeling of seclusion.