Springbrook National Park
Glow Worms and Waterfalls in the Gold Coast Hinterland
On the lands of the Yugambeh people.
schedule 1 min read / Updated Apr 2026
On the rim of the Tweed Volcano caldera, half an hour from the Gold Coast. Springbrook National Park has waterfalls, ancient Antarctic beech forest, and one of the largest natural glow worm colonies in the world.
Springbrook National Park is part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, the same listing that covers Lamington National Park and the McPherson Range. It sits on the eastern rim of the Tweed Volcano caldera, the eroded remains of a 23 million year old volcano whose central plug is now Mount Warning across the border in NSW.
The park is famous for its waterfalls. Purling Brook Falls drops 100 metres straight off the escarpment and can be walked to via a 4 kilometre loop track. Twin Falls Circuit takes you behind the curtain of water at Twin Falls. The Natural Bridge, in the southern part of the park, is a basalt rock arch over a cave with one of the largest glow worm colonies in the world. Night tours are run by licensed operators.
The Springbrook plateau sits at around 900 metres so the air is significantly cooler than the coast below. The Antarctic beech forest at Best of All Lookout is one of the few accessible patches of Gondwana relict forest in the country.
From the journal
Read more about Springbrook National Park.
Scenic views
Lookouts near Springbrook National Park.
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