This park features a large lake covering about 150 ha located on Scrubby Creek, as well as some smaller ones which are linked or else situated nearby along the Creek. And there are a number adjoining bush parks also located along the Creek. Most of the bush is open forest with extensive areas of Casuarina and some scattered Scribbly Gum. There are many well graded and mostly paved surface tracks extending throughout here and adjoining bushland.
We will just cover the Greater Wetland Walk, but this is 2.8km in length and includes a couple of facilities for viewing the main lake. We will meet at an information centre, which has toilets, and there is some parking nearby. The greater area is always very popular with locals and there is a weekly Park Run every Saturday morning.
This is one of the most popular birding sites in the Logan City area with a total of 163 species recorded in eBird. The iconic species found here include the Magpie Goose, Black Kite, Osprey and Pied Cormorant.
Access is from Browns Plains Road, at either of two roundabouts between Browns Plains and Marsden. These are both signed for Wayne Goss Drive, which lead north for about a kilometre through an industrial estate, and the Wetlands are at the northern end.
The walk should take a couple of hours and we will have morning tea at the shelter when we return. It would be advisable to have a hat, sunscreen and some insect repellent.
