Daisy Hill Conservation Park, Kimberley Forest Park, Venman Bushland National Park, Neville Lawrie Reserve, Bushwalk, QLD

Part of the appeal of Daisy Hill Conservation Park is its connectedness to other bushland areas. With easy access to a handful of other parks and reserves, there is hundreds of acres of bush waiting to be explored.

Starting from the Daisy Hill trail hub, where there is parking for around 30 vehicles in the upper day use area car park, follow signs for Quarry Rd/Stringybark circuit. After approximately 1.5km, take the Kimberley Forest Park trail. Keep left at the fork, and look out for a gate on your left just after reaching 2kms. It's possible to take the Nirvana trail - marked 8 on the map - however, this is mainly used by mountain bikes.

Completing this bushwalk requires walking along Leo Lindo Drive for just under 1km. The temporary exit from the forest into suburbia provided an interesting contrast. Residents in this street had managed to meld the beauty of the bush with the beauty of planned gardens. This was one of my favourite parts of the bushwalk.

Rejoining the forest, now Venman Bushland National Park, there are several tracks that can be taken. Using a GPS tracker was definitely helpful along this course. Joining up with Venman circuit was straight forward, and accessing Neville Lawrie Reserve was well signed.

The Old Quarry is a great place to stop for a morning or afternoon tea break.

Historically, Daisy Hill Conservation Park has been very hot and very dry. However, after a very wet summer, it was pleasantly cool and - in places - vibrantly green.