The Border Track and Box Forest Circuit in Lamington National Park (Queensland, Australia) is a 10.9 km loop through lush rainforest, featuring stunning waterfalls like Elabana Falls and Box Log Falls. The track offers diverse scenery, including pink-barked brush box trees and Antarctic beech trees.
It's a Grade 4 walking track, suitable for experienced walkers, and takes about 4 hours to complete. The walk is best done anticlockwise, with picnic spots like Picnic Rock and Tullerigumai Falls providing rest points. The circuit is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, known for its rich biodiversity and ancient trees.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:20 O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
00:29 Start of Border Track and Box Forest Circuit
00:38 Explanation of hike today
01:47 Border Track - Cinematic walkthrough
01:53 Eastern Whipbird
02:28 Bleeding Heart
02:56 Solitaire Palm
03:37 Still on Border Track
04:20 Orange Pore Fungus
04:45 Robber Fly
05:24 Stream near Picnic Rock
05:58 Three-punctured Diving Beetle
06:28 Arrive at Picnic Rock & see Lamington Cray
07:13 Picnic Rock & Canungra Creek - Cinematic scene
09:31 Approaching Elabana Falls
10:39 Arrive at Elabana Falls
11:28 Blue Lamington Spiny Cray at Elabana Falls
12:38 Elabana Falls - Cinematic scene
14:28 Relaxing on rock
15:02 Back on Box Forest Circuit - to Box Log Falls
15:34 Box Forest Circuit - Cinematic walkthrough
15:58 Australian King Parot (Male)
16:46 Arrive at Box Log Falls
17:28 Lamington Cray at Box Log Falls
18:33 Box Log Falls - Cinematic scene
19:35 Leaving Box Log Falls
20:36 Picture Highlights Roll
21:22 Outro and Thank you for watching