Melaleuca Boardwalk Circuit

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Flat 1.2km loop boardwalk winding through fern gullies and melaleuca wetland forest, accessed from Rain Tree Glen or Myola Court.

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Distance

1.19 km

Est. time

18 min

Elevation gain

11 m

Route type

Loop

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In an emergency

Call 000 for police, fire or ambulance — Australia's emergency number works even with a weak signal, and without a SIM if any carrier has coverage.

You're in Coombabah Lakelands Conservation Area, Coombabah. Mobile reception in this area is not guaranteed — this is exactly why the offline map and GPS position on this page work without signal.

Tell someone your plan and expected return time before you set off. A PLB is the most reliable backup where there's no reception at all.

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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.

Broad-leaved Paperbark

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Wetland Native▾

Wetland Native

A papery-barked wetland tree so central to Coombabah Lakelands' Ramsar-listed melaleuca wetlands that the reserve's main boardwalk trail is named after it.

How to spot it

Thick papery bark peeling in layers, grey-green five-veined leaves, cream bottlebrush-like flower spikes spring to early autumn.

Family Myrtaceae · Source: Wikipedia - Coombabah Lake Conservation Park / Melaleuca quinquenervia

Photo: Doug Beckers (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Grey Mangrove

Avicennia marina

Wetland Native▾

Wetland Native

Fringes the tidal lake edges of Coombabah Lakelands, one of only five Queensland wetlands on the Ramsar international convention list, sending up pencil-like breathing roots from the mud.

How to spot it

Smooth grey flaking bark, glossy leaves with silvery undersides, pneumatophores (peg roots) standing upright from the mud around the base.

Family Acanthaceae · Source: Wikipedia - Coombabah Lake Conservation Park / Avicennia marina

Photo: MurielBendel (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons