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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

Best walks and wild places in Southern Queensland Country

Bunya Mountains & other destinations

Everything to know about the Bunya Mountains National Park

Bunya Mountains

6 best day trips from Brisbane to Southern Queensland Country

Toowoomba Region & other destinations

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Best picnic spots in Southern Queensland Country

Toowoomba Region & other destinations

Find our wild 5

Bunya Mountains & other destinations

Top ‘must take’ snaps in Southern Queensland Country

Allora & other destinations

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Must Do: Waterfalls & waterholes

South Burnett & other destinations

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5 trails to explore in Girraween National Park

Stanthorpe

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Road-trip: Booie to Bunyas

Bunya Mountains & other destinations

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Weekend away: High Country

Ravensbourne & other destinations

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Top camp outs under the stars

Stanthorpe & other destinations

Getaway Guide to Toowoomba

Toowoomba Region & 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.