PARKS
THE Gympie region has numerous parks with facilities for the residents and visitors to enjoy. A permit is necessary to conduct a function such as a wedding or fete in a park or on a beach. For more information, contact the council on 1300 307 800. LAKE ALFORD AN INNOVATIVE playground has been created at Lake Alford on the Bruce Hwy, south of Gympie, and is specially designed to meet the needs of children of all abilities, their families and carers. The council created the play space in collaboration with Disability Services and the local community. The playground features a range of natural and built environments to encourage different types of play. MEMORIAL PARK THE beautiful heritage-listed rotunda at Memorial Park in the heart of Gympie affords a great view of the city centre from the platform in the established gardens. The central location and open spaces surrounding the park make it a great spot to stop for a break.
VICTORY HEIGHTS TRAIL NETWORK
A LOCAL trail network for passive recreation (walking, mountain biking, horse riding) has been developed by local not-for-profit community group Cooloola Trail Care Alliance. The facility is within 3km of Gympie’s town centre. The trails weave through 60ha of mature eucalypt forest providing unique and accessible nature-based recreation options for locals and visitors.
BEACHES
THE Cooloola Coast offers incredible diversity along its long golden shorelines including Rainbow Beach, Double Island Point, Inskip Point and Tin Can Bay. Rainbow Beach is patrolled by surf lifesavers. For a guide on patrol times visit rainbowbeachsurf.com.au.
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Amamoor Park - Amamoor Mary Fereday Park - Carters Ridge Chatsworth Park - Chatsworth Centenary of Federation Park - Cooloola Cove Cooloola Sands Park - Cooloola Cove Dickinson Park - Goomeri Perrett Park - Goomeri Gunalda Park - Gunalda A.J. Mitchell Park - Gympie Billy Phillips Park - Gympie Fairway Park - Gympie Fern Street Park - Gympie Gympie Memorial Park - Gympie Nelson Reserve - Gympie One Mile Sports Complex - B.M. Kazminsky/Spencer Ovals - Gympie Thurecht Park - Gympie Bert Smith Memorial Park - Imbil Imbil Memorial Park - Imbil Mary Valley Lookout - Imbil Open Space and Dick Quigg Bike Track - Imbil Yabba Creek Parklands - Imbil Echelon Park - Jones Hill Clive Colburn Playground & Jack Spicer Park - Kandanga Kann Park - Kandanga Bill Roddau Park - Kia Ora Fat Hen Creek Rest Area - Kilkivan Kilkivan Lions Park - Kilkivan Kilkivan RSL Park - Kilkivan Kinbombi Falls - Kinbombi Arrawatta Lookout - Kybong Dickabram Park - Miva Lake Alford - Monkland Nuhrunda Park - Nahrunda Paul O’Brien Memorial Park - Neerdie Carlo Point - Rainbow Beach Lawrie Hanson Park - Rainbow Beach Lions Park - Rainbow Beach Phil Rogers Park - Rainbow Beach Rainbow Beach Sports Oval - Rainbow Beach Attie Sullivan Park - Southside Jaycees Park - Southside MacDonnell Park - Southside Marc Dower Park - Southside Tansey Park - Tansey H.A. Chooky Mallet Park - Tin Can Bay Mullins Creek Park - Tin Can Bay Tom Steele Park - Tin Can Bay Toolara Esplanade Park - Les Lee Park - Tin Can Bay Toolara Esplanade Park - Wes Mitchell Park - Tin Can Bay Marj McIntosh Park - Widgee
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THE Gympie region covers a vast area and with it, several spectacular locations from the stunning Cooloola Coast to the beautiful Mary Valley, from western districts to the rolling northern area and every park, garden and beach in between.
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PARKS AND OUTDOOR