Zamia Walk, Mount Archer National Park

The Zamia walk has two trailheads. Nurim (Mount Archer) summit trailhead is located in the lofty heights of Nurim at Fraser Park, and the First Turkey trailhead is located in the lowland valley of Mugul (Moores Creek), off German Street. From Nurim summit, the Zamia walk winds down through a landscape of lemon-scented gums, pink bloodwoods and forest she-oaks to Sleipner. On the way, enjoy the cool sea breeze off the Capricorn Coast and a glimpse of the Fitzroy River. From Sleipner there are panoramas of Waaruin (the Berserker Range) on offer. From Sleipner, the walk descends steeply through the upper catchments of Mugul passing by closed dry rainforest and vine forest communities. At Mugul, the trail continues downstream past tall river she-oaks and leaning paperbarks. The final section of the trail weaves its way down through open woodlands and follows a series of switchbacks to the First Turkey trailhead. From the trailhead, walk beside the creek via First Turkey Mountain Bike Reserve to the carpark at German Street. From the First Turkey trailhead, the 900m of shared trail takes you upslope through open woodland via a series of switchbacks. Beyond the shared trail, the Zamia walk follows gentle slopes and gullies. As the valley narrows, the landscape becomes an open forest of swamp mahogany and blue gums and changes upstream to tall river she-oaks and leaning paperbarks. The walk criss-crosses the creek and enters a closed forest community of rainforest and dense dry vine forest rich with Burdekin plum, tuckeroo trees and twisting vines. Remember, it is a 8.2km walk back to the German Street trailhead from Mugul. From the lowland valley of Mugul, the trail traverses the ridges and sheltered gullies of Waaruin up to the expansive vistas at Sleipner to finish at the 604m summit of Nurim in Fraser Park.