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APRIL PARK OF THE MONTH
Tamborine National Park (The Knoll section)
Note: We held our Park of the Month Open Day at The Knoll section of Tamborine National Park on Saturday 18 April 2026, but our BioBlitz remains active until the end of April. We invite you to visit any section of stunning Tamborine NP and record what you find there on the Parks Connect BioBlitz Project.
Step into a world of lush, verdant subtropical wonder at Tamborine National Park, where stately flooded, spotted and scribbly gums stand sentinel over the fertile plains of the Gold Coast Hinterland and waterfalls tumble into rocky creek beds. With impressive views, cool cascades, and ancient subtropical rainforest found throughout t this stunning park, it’s easy to see why it was Queensland’s first National Park, with the Witches Falls section set aside in March 1908. Stroll in the dim light, keeping your eyes peeled for rainforest fruits, snails, skinks and land mullets on the mossy, humous-strewn forest floor, which keeps fungi like the anemone stinkhorn and the glow-in-the-dark green pepe damp and fruiting. In sunnier positions, on the ridgelines where the tall eucalypts dominate, a dense understorey of wattles, kangaroo grass, wildflowers and ferns lines the walking path, concealing red-necked pademelons (listen for the “thump” of their warning calls), yellow-footed antechinuses, and even the Albert’s lyrebird. Above, pardalotes and black-cockatoos nest in the tree hollows. The Park’s six sections all offer walks of varying lengths. Check out the walking map here and be sure to visit them all.
Discover. Connect. Protect. Enjoy
Park of the Month is a key initiative of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) and NPAQ’s Parks Connect program. We’re passionate about parks, and by sharing decades of knowledge from committed volunteers, conservationists and National Park Rangers with local communities and visitors, we hope Queenslanders from all walks of life will fall in love with our amazing wild places.
While our Open Day event has concluded, please join our BioBlitz, which runs until 30 April, or head out to explore the park’s many sections for yourself.
Rob from Birdwalkz kicked off our April Park of the Month with an early morning guided birdwatching walk through The Knoll section, just as the park was waking up. Participants recorded more than 30 bird species.
To experience more of what Rob has to offer, check out the Birdwalkz website for upcoming events, follow along on Facebook, and head to their YouTube channel for some incredible birdwatching content.
QPWS Ranger Jess gave participants a fascinating insight into the cultural and natural values that make Tamborine National Park so special, including invasive species management. It was a wonderful reminder of the incredible knowledge and passion Park Rangers bring to protecting and caring for these places every single day.
Len & Laurelle Lowry from Friends of Tamborine NP led participants on an interpretive bushwalk through the lush subtropical rainforest of The Knoll, sharing their decades of knowledge and passion for this incredible park along the way. It was a wonderful opportunity to slow down, look a little closer, and discover just how much life thrives in every corner. Get involved with Friends of Tamborine NP here.
Scott from ReWild brought a whole lot of energy and hands-on fun to the morning, teaching participants essential bush survival skill such as shelter building and knot tying. It was the kind of session that leaves you feeling more confident the next time you head out into the bush! Learn more about both adult and child survival skills sessions with ReWild here.
Matt Cecil, from Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network, rounded out the morning with a fascinating talk on the vulnerable Richmond birdwing butterfly before attendees got hands-on planting birdwing butterfly vines to help support the recovery of the species. It was a wonderful way to finish the day, leaving participants not only with new knowledge but also with the satisfaction of having contributed to ongoing conservation efforts in the park.
Remember to SAVE THE DATE for our next Park of the Month, too!
In May, we’ll be heading out to the Redlands, to Venman Bushland NP near Mount Cotton on Saturday 30 May. Bookings will open late April/early May.
