Eurimbula National Park, QLD: Kayak, walk & Bustard Head camping

Visitors can explore Eurimbula National Park by kayaking along the Eurimbula Sea Trail, walking the Ganoonga Noonga Lookout Track and camping at the Eurimbula Creek campground. There are also tours to Bustard Head Lighthouse available from 1770.

Eurimbula National Park, Queensland, forms the backdrop to the popular holiday towns of Agnes Water and 1770. It doesn’t get as many visitors as it might ordinarily do as a 4WD vehicle is required to get down the park’s tracks.

However, if you have got a 4WD vehicle, Eurimbula National Park is ripe for exploring. It covers 23,000 hectares, with more and more land added to the national park since it was created in 1986.

Eurimbula National Park is a place of deserted beaches, sand dunes, extensive woodland and spring wildflowers.

What to book in 1770/ Agnes Water before you arrive

See the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef – on a Lady Musgrave Island day tour.
Hire a scooter – and pootle around the back lanes looking for kangaroos.
Kick back with sparkling wine on a sunset cruise.
(Highly recommended ✅) Travel on land and water, and try sandboarding – on a quirky full day amphibious vehicle tour.
Or take a shorter wildlife-spotting coastline tour, with lunch.
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Eurimbula Sea Trail

This is a coastal national park, and one excellent way of exploring is along the Eurimbula Sea Trail. This kayaking route covers a return distance of 80.5km, and starts at 1770. The Eurimbula Sea Trail ducks into creeks and estuaries, ticking off all manner of seabirds along the way. There are several campgrounds along the route for an overnight stop.

Eurimbula National Park walking track

Disappointingly, there’s only one properly designated walking track in Eurimbula National Park. The Grade 3 Ganoonga Noonga Lookout track is short but steep. It’s a 720 metre return schlep through open woodland to the Ganoonga Noonga Lookout. From the top, there’s a great view over the heath-covered dunes system and swamps. You can also see the Munro Range if you look west.

Eurimbula National Park camping

The other main reason to visit Eurimbula National Park is camping out in the bush. Boat or kayak-based camping is available at Bustard Head and Rodds Peninsula. Beware – neither has toilet facilities.

There are toilets, but not a great deal else, at the Eurimbula Creek and Middle Creek camping areas. Of these, the Eurimbula Creek campground has picnic tables. Make bookings via the Queensland Parks and Forests website.

Eurimbula National Park tours

For most travellers, the best way to visit Eurimbula National Park is going to be on a tour from the Town of 1770. 1770 Larc runs day tours that include sandboarding, wildlife spotting and the Bustard Head Lighthouse for from $158. These tours should be booked online.