BIG4 Breeze Holiday Parks – Cania Gorge

Cania Gorge National Park (five minutes’ drive) is one of Queensland’s hidden secrets. It’s an ancient place created over 200 million years by natural weather events, and what’s left now are towering cliffs, caves, sheltered gorges and ancient Aboriginal art on sandstone rock faces. It’s best explored on foot, and there are several way-marked trails for people of all abilities and fitness – if you have kids in tow, try the short (20 minutes’ walk) loop on the Big Foot Walk to spy a four-toed foot imprinted on the cliffside, or follow the creekside trail to the site of the former Shamrock gold mine (45 minutes). This natural wonderland is home to more than 150 plant species and 90 bird species including colourful rainbow lorikeets, king parrots and wompoo pigeons. Take a camera and binoculars to go wildlife watching and spot (hopefully) brush-tailed rock-wallabies and common bent-wing bats, while elusive platypus live in waterholes below Cania Dam (five minutes’ drive).