Box Forest Circuit

How to get there

1. Same Green Mountains access as Toolona: Canungra then 36 km of winding bitumen. No RVs over 6 m / towing.
2. Park in signed day-use. No public transport.

How to do it (step by step)

1. Confirm open/closed status — creek circuits take flood and storm damage. The cyclone alert to 31 Dec 2026 listed Toolona as open in its 14 May 2026 update; check park alerts again.
2. Walk the signed circuit. Queensland Parks notes the whole circuit is best walked clockwise — confirm on the official page.
3. Elabana Falls is a place to look, not a swimming hole. Stay on the track.
4. Four hours is walking time. Add the Canungra climb and time to drive back to the coast or Brisbane in daylight.

What to expect

Official figures: 10.9 km circuit, about 4 hours, Grade 4, Green Mountains trailhead. Elabana Falls is the postcard moment inside a longer creek loop — budget the loop, not the photo.

Best walked clockwise per Queensland Parks notes for the whole circuit. Confirm the journey page on the day.

Logistics & reverse

Green Mountains only. Canungra is the last ordinary town stop. If Box Forest is closed, Moran’s Falls + Python Rock + Centenary can still make a Green Mountains day without forcing a flooded gorge.

Failure modes: treating Elabana as a swim; stacking this with Toolona; arriving at 2pm.

Map (orientation)

Pin may be approximate. Confirm trailheads, parking and track status on Queensland Parks before you drive.

Itineraries that use this walk

~6 hours walking + Green Mountains access (early start from Brisbane or the Gold Coast)

Full-day Toolona Creek Circuit

Green Mountains trailhead, Toolona Creek Circuit clockwise: 17.4 km, about 6 hours, Grade 4. Creek lines and falls. No Border Track, no vineyard, no Tree Top Walk prelude. Alerts first — flood and post-storm closures are real.