Anakie Gorge Walk

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Brisbane Ranges National Park's most popular track, a relatively flat walk through Anakie Gorge suited to moderate fitness, well known for koala and wallaby sightings along the way.

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Distance

3.64 km

Est. time

54 min

Elevation gain

15 m

Route type

Out & back

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Anakie Gorge Walk: Complete Guide (Distance, Difficulty & Wildlife)

Real stats for Brisbane Ranges National Park's most popular walk — Anakie Gorge, known for reliable koala and wallaby sightings.

Species to look for on this trail

Ancient trees and rare flora confirmed in this park. Spot one? Add it as a sighting pin below.

Golden GrevilleaDocumented on this trail

Grevillea chrysophaea

Vulnerable — VIC: Vulnerable▾

Vulnerable — VIC: Vulnerable

Grevillea chrysophaea, commonly known as golden grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a spreading shrub with oblong to almost linear leaves, and dull to golden yellow flowers with a red or orange-red style.

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Grevillea chrysophaea is a spreading, or occasionally prostrate, shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–2.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 8 ft 2 in). Its leaves are oblong to almost linear, 15–60 mm (0.59–2.36 in) long and 3–15 mm (0.12–0.59 in) wide with the edges turned down or rolled under. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous or softly-hairy and the lower surface is woolly to velvety hairy. The flowers are arranged in groups of two to eight on the ends of branchlets and are dull to golden yel

Family Proteaceae · Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Grevillea chrysophaea

Photo via iNaturalist Australia (CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)), collected by bushmancam

Yarra GumDocumented on this trail

Eucalyptus yarraensis

Critically Endangered — VIC: Critically Endangered▾

Critically Endangered — VIC: Critically Endangered

Eucalyptus yarraensis, commonly known as Yarra gum, is a tree species that is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It has rough bark on the trunk and larger branches, lance-shaped to elliptical or egg-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical fruit. In 2021 the Victorian Government listed it as critically endangered under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act.

How to spot it

Eucalyptus yarraensis is a tree that typically grows to a height of 15–20 m (49–66 ft) and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous, brown or greyish bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth white to cream-coloured bark above. Young plants and coppice regrowth have glossy green, elliptical to egg-shaped leaves that are 25–63 mm (0.98–2.48 in) long and 20–43 mm (0.79–1.69 in) wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same shade of glossy green on both sides, lance-shaped to elliptica

Family Myrtaceae · Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Eucalyptus yarraensis

Hoary Bush-PeaDocumented on this trail

Pultenaea daltonii

Vulnerable — VIC: Vulnerable▾

Vulnerable — VIC: Vulnerable

Pultenaea daltonii, commonly known as hoary bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to western Victoria, Australia. It is a spreading shrub with cylindrical leaves, grooved on the upper surface, and clusters of yellow flowers with red markings.

How to spot it

Pultenaea daltonii is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) and has hairy stems. The leaves are cylindrical with a longitudinal groove on the upper surface and 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long with triangular to lance-shaped stipules 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long at the base. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils in clusters of eight to sixteen. The sepals are about 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long with leaf-like, three-lobed bracteoles 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long at

Family Fabaceae · Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Pultenaea daltonii

Photo via iNaturalist Australia (CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)), collected by Chris Lindorff

Emerald-Lip GreenhoodDocumented on this trail

Pterostylis smaragdyna

Endangered — VIC: Endangered▾

Endangered — VIC: Endangered

Pterostylis smaragdyna, commonly known as emerald-lip leafy greenhood, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. Flowering plants have up to ten translucent green flowers with darker green markings. The flowers have an insect-like labellum which is green with a darker green mound at the "head" end. Non-flowering plants have a rosette of leaves but flowering plants lack the rosette, instead having five to seven stem leaves.

How to spot it

Pterostylis longifolia, is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber. Non-flowering plants have a rosette of between three and five lance-shaped leaves, each leaf 10–45 mm (0.4–2 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) wide. Flowering plants have up to ten translucent green flowers with darker green markings on a flowering spike 200–500 mm (8–20 in) high. The flowering spike has between five and seven linear to lance-shaped stem leaves which are 20–100 mm (0.8–4 in) long and 3

Family Orchidaceae · Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Pterostylis smaragdyna

Inland Leek-OrchidDocumented on this trail

Prasophyllum maccannii

Endangered — VIC: Endangered▾

Endangered — VIC: Endangered

Prasophyllum maccannii, commonly known as inland leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to Victoria. It has a single tubular green leaf and up to forty green, greenish-pink or brownish flowers. It is found in the central-west of the state, growing in open forest.

How to spot it

Prasophyllum maccannii is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single tube-shaped leaf up to 100–200 mm (4–8 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.1–0.2 in) wide at the base, but which is withered by flowering time. Between fifteen and forty scented flowers are crowded along a flowering stem 80–200 mm (3–8 in) long, reaching to 150–600 mm (6–20 in) tall. The flowers are green, greenish-pink or brownish and as with others in the genus, are inverted so that the labellum is ab

Family Orchidaceae · Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Prasophyllum maccannii