Gold Coast Guided Wellness Walks - This Week Location = Burleigh Heads

This WEEKS DETAILS:

📍 Location: David Fleay Wildlife Park, Burleigh Heads
🚶 Route: David Fleay Wildlife Park → Tallebudgera Creek Boardwalk → Oceanview Track → return via the same route
📏 Distance: Approximately 10 km return
⏱ Duration: Approximately 3 hours (includes the coffee stop and Compass Check)
🥾 Difficulty: Easy to moderate – mostly flat paths and boardwalks with some gentle inclines. Suitable for beginners
🧭 Compass Check: This weeks topic is WONDER
💰 Cost: $10 per person
👥 Ages: 18+
🐕 Dogs: Not suitable due to the wildlife park and café stop (unless assistance animals)

Life can be busy, noisy and full of distractions.

Sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is slow down, step into nature and give ourselves permission to simply be.

Walk • Reflect • Connect is a series of guided wellness walks around the Gold Coast, designed to help you reconnect—with nature, with others and with yourself.

Each walk explores one of the Gold Coast's beautiful natural places before we pause for an optional tea or coffee and a gentle Compass Check.

A Compass Check is a short guided reflection inspired by the place we're in. It's an opportunity to slow down, notice the world around you and check in with yourself. There are no right or wrong answers, no pressure to share and nothing to achieve. It's simply a chance to reset your inner compass before continuing your journey.

Every walk is different. So is every Compass Check.

Our hope is that you'll leave feeling calmer, inspired and with a fresh perspective. Or perhaps you'll simply leave having enjoyed a beautiful walk, meaningful conversation and the company of wonderful people—maybe even having made a new friend.

Whatever you take away, you've given yourself the gift of intentional time.

🥾 A relaxed, guided social walk through one of the Gold Coast's beautiful natural spaces. (The walk location will always be listed in the event title and booking page.)

☕ An optional tea or coffee stop at a local café.

🧭 A guided Compass Check—a five to ten-minute reflective experience designed to help you pause, breathe and reconnect.

💬 Optional conversation and sharing in a warm, welcoming and supportive environment.

😊 A relaxed walk back, often with lighter hearts, fresh perspectives and new friendships.

Every Compass Check explores a different wellbeing theme, such as:

• Curiosity
• Gratitude
• Courage
• Connection
• Letting Go
• New Beginnings
• Joy
• Presence
• Self-Compassion
• Wonder
• Adventure
• Purpose

Some weeks your Compass Check may simply be a quiet moment of reflection. Other weeks, you might be invited to take part in a small symbolic experience inspired by nature or the day's theme. Participation is always optional, and you're welcome to engage in whatever way feels comfortable for you.

Part of the joy is discovering what each week's Compass Check has in store.

These walks are for anyone wanting to spend more time in nature, improve their wellbeing, meet like-minded people, or simply slow down for a few hours and reconnect.

You don't need any experience with mindfulness or personal development—just a willingness to enjoy nature at a relaxed pace.

Whether you come on your own or with friends, you'll be warmly welcomed.

• Comfortable walking shoes
• Water bottle
• Hat and sunscreen
• Money if you'd like to purchase a tea, coffee or snack
• A sense of curiosity and an open mind

$10 per person

Participants attend at their own risk and are responsible for their own health, fitness and wellbeing.

Walks are conducted at a relaxed, social pace and are designed to be enjoyable, inclusive and restorative rather than competitive.

Events are advertised across multiple platforms and participant numbers may be limited depending on the walk location and venue. Booking is essential, and once a walk reaches capacity, bookings will close to help preserve the relaxed, connected experience for everyone.

Just as we check a compass before setting off on a journey, it's worth taking a few moments every now and then to check our own direction.

Sometimes we don't need to change the destination.

We simply need to pause, reconnect and continue with intention.

Hi, I'm Sharon.

I'm a Gold Coast local, Travel Confidence Coach, speaker, tour operator and lifelong traveller who believes some of life's greatest lessons are found in nature.

For many years I've been helping people reconnect with themselves through intentional experiences. Whether that's travelling the world, exploring a local walking trail or simply taking time to pause, reflect and breathe, I believe every journey has the power to change us.

Walk • Reflect • Connect was created to bring together my love of nature, meaningful conversations and the simple joy of slowing down.

I'd love for you to join me on the journey.

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David Fleay Wildlife Park, Loman Lane, Burleigh Heads, Australia

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