List of long-distance hiking tracks in Australia

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A walking trail in Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory. Namadgi National Park walking trail.jpg
A walking trail in Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory.

This is a list of published trails in Australia, suitable for walking in three days or longer.

Contents

Trails

NameState(s)Distance (km)Recommended walking time (days)
Australian Alps Walking Track Vic, NSW, ACT68340-60
Bellarine Rail Trail Vic323-5
Bibbulmun Track WA1,00354
Bicentennial National Trail Vic, NSW, Qld5,3301 year
Brisbane Valley Rail Trail Qld1616-8
Cape to Cape Track WA1246-8
Yuraygir Coastal Walk NSW654
Carnarvon Great WalkQld86
Coastal Plains Walk TrailWA553.5 [1]
Cooloola Great Walk Qld1025
East Gippsland Rail Trail Vic96
Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk Qld543
Gold Coast Oceanway Qld362-5
Grampians Peaks Trail Vic16013
Great Dividing Trail Vic30415-20
Great North Walk NSW25014-16
Great Ocean Walk Vic1048
Great South Coast Walk NSW, Vic66022-30
Great South West Walk Vic25014
Heysen Trail SA1,14455-70
Hume and Hovell Track NSW44024-28
Jatbula Trail NT624-5
Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail SA615
Katoomba to Mittagong Trail NSW1326-8
K'gari (Fraser Island) Great Walk Qld906-8
Larapinta Trail NT23015-19
Lavender Federation Trail SA21210
Mackay Highlands Great Walk Qld565
Mawson Trail SA890
McMillans Track Vic22012-14
Overland Track Tas735-8
Penguin Cradle Trail Tas835-7
Port Davey Track Tas65
Railway Reserve Heritage Trail WA63
Six Foot Track NSW453
Scenic Rim TrailQld47 [2] 4
South Coast Track Tas826-8
Stirling Ridge Walk WA293
Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Walk Qld584-6
Tasmanian Trail Tas47725-30
Thorsborne Trail Qld324-5
Tops to Myall Heritage Trail NSW22011-12
Wet Tropics Great Walk Qld110
Wilsons Promontory – Northern CircuitVic583-4
Whitsunday Great Walk Qld302-3
Yurrebilla Trail SA543-5

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References

  1. "Coastal Plains Walk Trail". aushiker.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008.
  2. Queensland Government (23 June 2020). "About | Scenic Rim Trail, Main Range National Park". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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