Pilgrimage History
It all started when a group of bushwalkers from the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club went on a walk up Mt Barney sometime before 1970. They then decided to hold another "pilgrimage" up Barney the following year. As the numbers grew they decided to hold the Pilgrimage at another site, as there was some concern of so many people going up Mt Barney.
The representatives of Bushwalking Queensland Inc. (then called Queensland Federation Of Bushwalking Clubs - QFBWC) took on the task and organised the first official Pilgrimage to Girraween in 1971. Since then, various affiliated clubs have organised the pilgrimage on behalf of the Federation.
| Year | Location | Club | Date | Regd. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Beaudesert Showgrounds | Gold Coast Bushwalkers Club | 8-10 Aug | |
| 2024 | Kenilworth | Redland Bushwalkers | 6-8 Sep | |
| 2023 | Kalbar | Brisbane Bushwalkers | 4-6 Aug | |
| 2022 | Crows Nest | Toowoomba Bushwalkers | 19-21 Aug | 131 |
| 2021 | cancelled due to Covid19 | cancelled due to Covid19 | ||
| 2020 | cancelled due to Covid19 | cancelled due to Covid19 | ||
| 2019 | Camp Laurence on Moogerah Dam | Bushwalking Queensland | 27-30 Sep | 95 |
| 2018 | Jimna | Glasshouse Bushwalkers Club and Sunshine Coast Bushwalking Club | 28 Sep-1 Oct | |
| 2017 | Killarney | YHA Bushwalkers Qld Inc. & Brisbane Catholic Bushwalkers | 8-10 Sep | 204 |
| 2016 | Baden Powell Camp - Samford Valley | Brisbane Bushwalkers Club | 29-31 Jul | |
| 2015 | Kalbar | Queensland Bushwalkers Club | 14-16 Aug | |
| 2014 | Camp Laurence on Moogerah Dam | GCBC and BOSQ | 5-7 Sep | |
| 2013 | Girraween | Toowoomba Bushwalkers Club | 13−15 Sep | |
| 2012 | Canungra | Redlands Bushwalkers | 7−9 Sep | |
| 2011 | Kenilworth | Sunshine Coast/Glasshouse Bushwalkers | 26−28 Aug | |
| 2010 | Crows Nest | Toowoomba Bushwalkers | 20−22 Aug | 108 |
| 2009 | Lake Maroon Holiday Park | Bushwalking Qld Inc. with member clubs running selected activities | 21−23 Aug | |
| 2008 | Mudgeeraba | Gold Coast Bushwalkers Club | 22-24 Aug | |
| 2007 | Kalbar | Queensland Bushwalkers Club Inc., Brisbane Catholic Bushwalking Club Inc., Ipswich Bushwalkers Inc. and Logan and Beaudesert Bushwalkers | 24-26 Aug | 165 |
| 2006 | Landsborough | Sunshine Coast/Glasshouse Bushwalkers | 18-20 Aug | |
| 2005 | Bigriggen | Redlands Bushwalking Club | 19-21 Aug | 220 |
| 2004 | Girraween | Toowoomba Bushwalkers | 13-15 Aug | |
| 2003 | Glen Rock | BOSQ | 12-14 Sep | |
| 2002 | Kenilworth | YHA Bushwalkers Qld Inc. | 6-8 Sep | 143 |
| 2001 | Maudsland | GCBWC | 8-9 Sep | 180 |
| 2000 | Camp Constable | BCBC, ICBC, LBB, QBW | 9-10 Sep | 140 |
| 1999 | Mt Barney Lodge | Brisbane Bushwalkers Club | 11-12 Sep | 180 |
| 1998 | Ewen Maddock Dam | Sunshine Coast/Glasshouse Bushwalkers | 11-13 Sep | 110 |
| 1997 | Birch's Gully | Toowoomba Bushwalkers | 12-14 Sep | 170 |
| 1996 | Tooloom Falls | Binna Burra Bushwalkers | 200 | |
| 1995 | Goomburra | YHA Bushwalkers | 9-10 Sep | 220 |
| 1994 | Bigriggen | Gold Coast Bushwalkers | 9-11 Sep | 200 |
| 1993 | Cooloola N.P. | Sunshine Coast Bushwalkers | 11-12 Sep | |
| 1992 | Girraween | Brisbane Catholic Bushwalkers | 19-20 Sep | 135 |
| 1991 | Mt Byron | Brisbane Bushwalkers | 14-15 Sep | |
| 1990 | Maroon Dam | Binna Burra Bushwalkers | 8-9 Sep | |
| 1989 | Goomburra | Toowoomba Bushwalkers | 9-10 Sep | |
| 1988 | Bellbird Grove | Federation | 10-11 Sep | |
| 1987 | Teviot Gap | YHA Bushwalkers | 12-13 Sep | 200 |
| 1986 | Beechmont | Gold Coast | 11-12 Sep | |
| 1985 | Booloumba Ck | Sunshine Coast | 7-8 Sep | |
| 1984 | Goomburra | Brisbane Catholic | 8-9 Sep | |
| 1983 | Gorman's Gap | Toowoomba Bushwalkers | 10-11 Sep | |
| 1982 | Bigriggen | Brisbane Bushwalkers | 11-12 Sep | 200 |
| 1981 | Running Ck | YHA Bushwalkers | 11-12 Sep | 300 |
| 1980 | Goomburra | Gold Coast | 13-14 Sep | 200 |
| 1979 | Conondales | Sunshine Coast | 8-9 Sep | |
| 1978 | Beechmont | Binna Burra Bushwalkers | 9-10 Sep | |
| 1977 | Conondales | Brisbane Catholic Bushwalkers | 1-2 Oct | 100+ |
| 1976 | Teviot Falls | Brisbane Bushwalkers | Oct | |
| 1975 | Mt Greville | National Parks Association | 13-14 Sep | |
| 1974 | Knapps Peak | Binna Burra Bushwalkers | 6-8 Sep | 125 |
| 1973 | Mt Castle (Crosby's) | Family Bushwalkers | 1-2 Sep | |
| 1972 | Mt Greville | Federation | 2-3 Sep | 120 |
| 1971 | Girraween | Federation | 4-5 Sep | 180 |
| 1970 | Mt Barney | Brisbane Bushwalkers |
