Just when you think you might have run out of new places to hike, something else pops up and you wonder how you never knew about it before. This week we discovered Bayview Conservation Park, an outdoor recreation reserve located between the suburbs of Redland Bay and Mount Cotton. There are over 60 km of bushwalking and mountain bike trails and horse riding tracks. Due to the warmer weather, we made an early start, meeting at the German Church Road main entry. The trails are graded at different levels and have the most interesting names. We began on the Wolf Peach track which gently climbs to its highest point, before descending with switchbacks. It then flows along the valley floor to connect with Puck Road. We also tackled Kids Loop, Chicken Run, Calendar Boys, and Blow. We passed through a diverse range of vegetation communities including open forest, Melaleuca wetlands, riparian areas and attractive stands of grass trees and candlestick banksias. The paths were clear with gentle rises and falls, and though there were plenty of sign posts, they were a little hard to follow and relate to the map at times. After a few hours, we found our way back to the car park and enjoyed a delicious morning tea picnic in the main day use area. The facilities include showers, BBQs, picnic tables and toilets, set in beautiful green lawns. We definitely plan to return soon to explore more of the many tracks available. For more information on this wonderful area including trail explanations and maps, click here.
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