Kroombit Tops National Park and Forest Reserve, Gladstone, Queensland 4680, Australia
The plateau of Kroombit Tops National Park stands 400 metres above sourrounding areas to the east and features sandstone escarpments, gorges, creeks, waterfalls and a variety of vegetation types.
This large park protects the headwaters of many creeks and provides a refuge for tropical and subtropical rainforest plants and animals close to the northern or southern limit of their usual range.
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The Boyne Valley Historical Society Cottage was opened in 1988 and was formed by a group of enthusiastic volunteers with a desire to preserve the vast history of the Boyne Valley, which dates back to the 1870's, when gold and copper mining put the Valley on the map, followed by the settlers who pioneered industries such as cattle grazing, farm produce, dairying and a thriving timber and saw-millin ...
Bruce Highway, Calliope, Queensland 4680, Australia
The Calliope Shire Council developed the Historical Village to promote the region of Port Curtis. Calliope's local history museum is right beside the Bruce Highway near the Calliope River crossing.
Country Markets are held on site with stall holders from as far away as the Gold Coast selling their wares. Tours are held seven days a week.
The museum is open daily and the site is visible fro ...
Bryan Jordan Drive, Gladstone, Queensland 4680, Australia
With an emphasis on marine activity and boasting one of the highest boat ownerships of any community in Australia, it should come as no surprise that the Gladstone Marina is a modern complex for yachting and boating activity.
Incorporating the Australian Maritime theme, the Gladstone Marina is the departure point for charter boats, the PandO Resorts Heron Island catamaran and also provides moor ...
1 Francis Ward Drive, Gladstone, Queensland 4680, Australia
Gladstone Maritime Museum's displays focus on but are not limited to the maritime history of the Curtis Coast and the Capricorn-Bunker Coral Islands.
Displays cover discovery and exploration of the focus area, settlement, early and current industry, Naval involvement and recreational use of the region.
Notable displays include the "Wreck Wall" showing shipwreck location up until recent time ...
Goondoon Street, Gladstone, Queensland 4680, Australia
The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum is a public institution established and funded by the Gladstone Regional Council. It is dedicated to promoting the visual arts and crafts for and by the communities of the Port Curtis region and Central Queensland in addition to acting as a focal point for the preservation and display of the region's history and cultural heritage.
The attractive ecl ...
Lake Awoonga, Benaraby, Queensland 4680, Australia
Located 30 kilometres from Gladstone, Central Queensland, Lake Awoonga boasts excellent recreation facilities and spectacular lake and mountain views.
Enthusiastic anglers come to Lake Awoonga to catch the famed barramundi, of which over two million have been released. The largest caught in April 2007 and weighing in at a hefty 33.3 kilograms! The great news is that you can fish for barramundi ...
Millenium Esplanade, Tannum Sands, Queensland 4680, Australia
Tannum Sands functions as a significant recreation destination, one which up until the new Millenium lacked the appropriate facilities and amenities. Individual pavilions provide visitors with intimacy and privacy. Sculptural projects include the "Seahorse fossil" and "mudcrab", which are both fabricated from scrap metal sources from all the industries in the Calliope Shire. An increase in the ava ...
Alf O'Rourke Drive, Gladstone, Queensland 4680, Australia
Award winning Spinnaker Park was officially opened in 2001.
Created by the Gladstone Ports Corporation, the park has become the premier recreation area of their city. Two and a half kilometres of educational walking tracks along the ocean wall, through native wetlands and ponds makes the park excellent for walking, riding or rollerblading. The beached cove is wonderful for a dip on a warm day ...
Glenlyon Road, Gladstone, Queensland 4680, Australia
Gladstone's Tondoon Botanic Gardens are home to more than 1,500 species of plants from the Port Curtis Region and Tropical North Queensland. The gardens are set upon an 83 hectare site with a wide variety of flora and fauna.
Lake Tondoon situated in the centre of the gardens once provided the source of Gladstone's water supply until 1945. Today the lake provides a habitat for a variety of fres ...
