Just off a quiet dirt bush track near one of Queensland's most popular look outs, little notes and bundles of letters are being left behind a magical door in the hope of receiving a reply from the local fairies.
At the base of a large gum tree in Mt Gravatt, south of Brisbane, the tiny wooden door houses the letters left by young children.
The doorkeeper Scott Waterhouse said he had been kept busy playing postman.
"Part of the adventure is that kids leave painted rocks and notes for fairies," he told ABC Radio Brisbane.
"The fairies answer all the letters, which is kind of them.
"I check it every time I walk past and sometimes there's nothing for weeks and other times there are dozens of letters."
Mr Waterhouse created the door after he and his wife went on a bush walk to Mt Gravatt lookout.
"My wife saw the tree with the door shape at the bottom of the tree and thought it would be good to put a fairy door there," he said.
"We grabbed some cardboard from the cafe at the top and then traced out a shape on the way back down and made the door.
"I thought it needed to look like an old-fashioned door hinge and I had to put a few screws into the tree which I wasn't keen on, but the tree is OK with it."
The door not only creates magic for young children, but is also dedicated to a well-known local.
"The late Jude Fox was a principal at a school here and her husband Michael Fox does a lot of work for the mountain with the Mt Gravatt Environment Group, so I put a dedication to her on the inside of the door," Mr Waterhouse said.
"All her nieces and nephews leave notes there in the door on her anniversary, which is very moving, and I didn't expect anything like that."
The door is in a secret location not far from Mt Gravatt Lookout, and Mr Waterhouse said finding the door was part of its mystery.
"It's not far off a main path and we've recently realised that there were many cyclists stopping off to look at it too," he said.
"The door is not locked and it's free for koalas to look inside if they choose."
As for the other secret doors around Queensland, Mr Waterhouse said he only watches over this particular one.
"I'm not responsible for the others, this one keeps me busy enough."
