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If you know your local streets, parklands and walking tracks like the back of your hand, it’s time to drop your location pin a little further afield in Southern Queensland Country.

While you’ll need to clock up a few bitumen miles in the car before starting your walking adventure, there’s national parks, farmlands and purpose-built trails in nature reserves to explore once you cross the Great Dividing Range.

Get your activewear and walking shoes ready for these fun and active things to do in the great outdoors.

Couple hiking in Girraween National Park

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Murphys Creek & other destinations

Embrace the Cool Change in the Lockyer Valley with Nature like this

Gatton & other destinations

7 Cool-Climate Experiences to Enjoy in Toowoomba

Toowoomba & other destinations

Winter like this in the Western Downs

Western Downs & other destinations

Spend winter like this in Southern Downs and Granite Belt

Stanthorpe & other destinations

Southern Queensland Country Queen Mary Falls

7 ways to cool off in Southern Queensland Country

Killarney & other destinations

Two people standing at the edge of Leslie Dam

What’s On Summer School Holidays in Southern Queensland Country

Goondiwindi Region & other destinations

Woman standing amongst trees in Ravensbourne National Park

The best of summer – Southern Queensland Country style

Bunya Mountains & other destinations

Mother of all nature experiences in South Burnett

The mother of all nature escapes in the South Burnett Region

Bunya Mountains & other destinations

Mother of all Nature experiences in Spring Bluff Railway Station

The mother of all nature experiences in Southern Queensland Country

Lockyer Valley & other destinations

Mother of all nature experiences in Goondiwindi

The mother of all nature walks in the Goondiwindi region

Goondiwindi & other destinations

Mother of all water adventures in Toowoomba blog

The mother of all adventures in the Toowoomba Region

Crows Nest & other destinations

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Acknowledgement of Country

Southern Queensland Country Tourism acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways that run through these regions. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging.