Guests

All Jellurgal tours will take you around the beautiful Burleigh Head National Park on the Gold Coast.

tumgun lookout

Depending on your tour type, duration ranges from approximately one hour to two hours on the mountain.

Guests will be taken along the main 'Oceanview' track, however tours can be tailored for specific abilities, please mention these when booking.

Scroll down for more information on what to expect on your Jellurgal Tour.

Park features

What to bring

Wheelchair and pram accessibility

Suitability for children

Difficulty

Weather and changes to the tour

Looking after Jellurgal

Park features

male water dragon

Within Burleigh Head National Park, you will see a range of environments, flora and fauna on display. The tracks take you from eucalypt forest to pandanus groves, grasslands and rainforest areas as well as weaving along the ocean shoreline and beaches.

On your tour you may see koalas high up in the trees, lizards such as water dragons and bluetongues scurrying through the leaves, birds of prey flying above the mountain and from the lookouts you may even glimpse humpback whales migrating in winter.

What to bring

Participants must be wearing closed-in flat shoes suitable for walking.

We also recommend:

  • hats
  • sunscreen (we advise avoiding the use of any substances that may be harmful to the local environment, e.g. particular sunscreens or insect repellents may be harmful to waterways)
  • bottles of water

You may want to bring swimming attire and towels for a swim at the picturesque Tallebudgera Creek after the tour. A lifeguard-patrolled beach is located a short walk from the centre.

Wheelchair and pram accessibility

The Oceanview track offers limited wheelchair and pram assisted access. The track is a hardened surface with gentle hill sections and is a minimum of one metre in width. There is a gate at the entry point to the walkway that requires hard turns and the width of the gate internal space is one metre at the narrowest point.
 
Tours can be tailored to meet individual needs. Please enquire with the centre.
 
Please see our Accessibility Statement for more information on accessibility within the centre.

Suitability for children

Pram assisted access is possible on the Oceanview track. The track is suitable for most children aged 3 and up. You will be required to keep within arm's reach of small children at all times and be wary of uneven tracks, unstable ground or steep drop offs. 

Difficulty

rainforest circuit

The Oceanview track makes its way along the coastline leading from Tallebudgera Creek around to Burleigh Point. 

The track is 1.2km one-way and a 'Grade 2' walk, meaning that the track is a hardened surface with gentle hill sections and occasional steps. No bushwalking experience is required and wheelchair assisted and pram assisted access is possible.

Weather and changes to the tour

The Gold Coast averages 245 days of clear and sunny weather throughout the year and maintains a warm sub-tropical climate during most seasons with an average of 20-28°C in summer and 11-21°C in winter. Walking Jellurgal in summer months can be quite warm but the rainforest areas can offer a cool escape. Our guides will monitor the heat conditions and alter the tour accordingly if required.

At the very top of Jellurgal, large hexagonal columns of rock and boulders can be seen scattered down the slope. The movement of these boulders is an ongoing natural geological process and there is at times a risk of rockfall during severe weather. For the safety of visitors, the state government Department of Environment and Science will sometimes close a section of the Oceanview walking track during periods of increased risk. This can be before, during or after conditions of high winds, high rainfall, low temperature or fire. If this section of track is closed, your Jellurgal tour will be altered to avoid this area.

Looking after Jellurgal

The 'Dreaming Mountain', Jellurgal, is a beautiful place and we would like to keep it that way. We ask that you help protect the area by:

  • leaving all plants and animals undisturbed, please do not feed the wildife
  • leaving pets at home
  • taking your rubbish away with you
  • staying on the designated tracks
Customer Smoking Policy
Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre is committed to providing a safe, welcoming and environmentally responsible experience for all visitors, staff and community members.
 
To protect the health and comfort of our guests and team, and to respect the cultural and environmental significance of the surrounding area, smoking and vaping are not permitted inside the Cultural Centre, on the verandah, during guided tours, or within group activity areas. Visitors who wish to smoke or vape are asked to do so away from building entrances, tour groups, bushland areas and other visitors, and to dispose of cigarette butts and related waste responsibly. Littering, including cigarette butts, is strictly discouraged due to the potential environmental and fire risks.
 
This approach supports our commitment to visitor wellbeing, cultural respect, environmental care and sustainable tourism practices.

We hope that you enjoy your visit to Jellurgal!

 

 

Jellurgal acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the Lands upon which we work – the Kombumerri, Bullongin, Wanggeriburra, Birinburra, Mununjali and Minjungbal peoples and the wider Yugambeh language speaking group. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present, and emerging.

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