4 places to discover
Glow Worm Glen is a sheltered rainforest gully and walking track in Bundanoon, Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, within Morton National Park. It is notable for a colony of glow worms (Arachnocampa richardsae) that illuminate the sandstone overhangs and creek banks in darkness. The short, steep track passes through temperate rainforest, fern gullies and sandstone formations, offering a distinctive nocturnal nature experience close to Bundanoon village.
Melba Gully is a cool temperate rainforest gully within the Great Otway National Park in Victoria's Otways, near Lavers Hill in the Colac Otway Shire. Known as the Jewel of the Otways, it protects ancient myrtle beech, blackwood and tree ferns. It is notable for its dense rainforest canopy, fern gullies, and a renowned glow worm colony visible after dark along Madsen's Track.
Natural Bridge is a natural rock arch and waterfall cave in the Natural Bridge section of Springbrook National Park at Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland, Queensland. Formed by Cave Creek eroding through basalt, the arch spans a waterfall that plunges into a cave housing a colony of glow worms. Set in subtropical rainforest within the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area, it is notable for its geological formation, rainforest setting and nocturnal glow worm display.
Springbrook National Park is a protected rainforest reserve in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland, about 40 kilometres inland from Surfers Paradise. Part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, it is notable for its ancient Antarctic beech forests, dramatic cliffs, waterfalls and the Natural Bridge rock arch. The park is divided into four sections and offers extensive walking tracks, lookouts and picnic areas amid subtropical rainforest.