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Blackwater

  • Dempsey Park- Bauman Way BLACKWATER
    Dempsey Park is tucked amongst a quiet residential area, this park has a well-maintained grassed area with shady trees around it. Dempsey Park is fenced with playground equipment scattered in several cluster areas. There is a section for toddlers, for bigger children and a section for teens with more challenging play equipment. All sections are under the shade. There are swings, a fort with slippery dip, climbing frames, big spider webs climbing frames, etc. Plenty of picnic tables with one BBQ area.
  • Japanese Gardens- Capricron Highway BLACKWATER
    Japanese Gardens marks the relationship between Blackwater and its sister city, Fujisawa in Japan. When walking through the beautiful garden you will find amazing plants, art sculptures, ponds, and all the elements of nature.

    • Scenic walking path
    • Next to the Coal Museum/café
  • Lions Park- Mackenzie Street BLACKWATER
    Lions Park has an amazing display of different international flags that were erected as a visual tribute to all those people of different nationalities who combined their efforts to mould Blackwater into a thriving township. This park is also known as Frank Tutungi Memorial Park which is named after one of the Blackwater Lions Charter Members, Frank Tutungi who was also the first Blackwater Lion to become a District Governor. Lions Park is a great rest stop to relax, play and stretch.

    • Historic train
  • Blackwater Skate Park- Mackenzie Street BLACKWATER
    The Blackwater Skate Park opened in 2021, it caters to a range of skateboarding styles and abilities. It include a pump track for beginner and intermediate bike riders, shelters, lighting, CCTV, landscaping and seating. From toddlers on scooters to skateboarders and cyclists, the new park is providing a safe place for fun, healthy activities as well as community and youth-based events. The skate park is located just across from Rotary Park, effectively creating a community activity precinct in Blackwater for everyone to enjoy and build community spirit.

    • Skate park
  • Robyn Messer Park- Taurus Street BLACKWATER
    Robyn Messer Park is a quiet and small area. There is a open-grassy space, a quiet resting/picnic area, and a memorial fountain.

    • Open-space
  • Rotary Park- Wattle Street BLACKWATER
    Rotary Park had a great upgrade to the facility in 2021 providing large picnic areas, BBQs, and large shelters, to enjoy by large amounts of kids and adults. It’s a perfect place for kid’s birthday parties and events. There are many community events held at Rotary Park. There is a running train for kids and adults to hop on and enjoy a ride, it runs on community events or when booked with the Rotary Club in Blackwater.

    • Train ride
  • Sunshine Park- Blain Street BLACKWATER
    Sunshine Park provides fitness equipment, a long walking/biking track, a large grassy area, and a playground. This park tries to promote healthy living in Blackwater by having an area to increase the community’s fitness outdoors.

    • Walking/biking path
    • Open area

Bluff

  • Lions Park - Church Street BLUFF
    This park has something to cater for every age group, from young to older. It has a skate park for great entertainment and the whole area is fenced to let the kids have fun in this amazing space. There are two electric BBQs for easy use while making lunch for the whole family and/or friends.

    • Skate Park
  • Tom Ohl Park- Capricorn Highway BLUFF
    Tom Ohl Park was named after Tom Ohl who was integral in the growth of Bluff and commonly known as the unofficial Lord Mayor. This park features a beautiful War Memorial and green scenery.

    • War Memorial

Capella

  • Amaroo Park- Crinum Street CAPELLA
    Amaroo Park is a fenced grassy area with a
    large shaded playground and plenty of space to play sports. There is a BBQ and plenty of picnic areas to enjoy a feed with your friends or family.
  • Lions Park- Gregory Highway CAPELLA
    Lions Park is a long strip next to the Highway. It’s a great spot to rest, play and have a feed with the family. It has a great naturally shaded playground and a long walking/biking track.

    • Bike track
    • Showers
  • Skate Park - Abor Street CAPELLA
    Memorial Park is a great option on a hot day. This large park has plenty of shaded areas, including a playground, a great skate park, and picnic areas. There is plenty of space to be active.

    • Large shaded skate park
    • Showers

     

Comet

  • Whistle Stop Park - Comet Water Shed Road COMET
    This rest area is home to The Dig Tree, marked in 1847 during explorer Ludwig Leichhardt’s travel along the river, it is now a tourist attraction in the township of Comet. A diary and papers belonging to Leichhardt were buried in a canister at the base of the famous coolabah tree. It a great area to play, rest, learn history or enjoy a feed on the BBQ.

    • Free library box

Dingo

  • Dingo Hall Park - Normanby Street DINGO
    This park is a great place to stop with the younger aged children. It’s a very small and quiet area, that is located next to the Dingo Community Hall and the Dingo Tennis Courts.

    • Playground
  • Progress Park - Cairns Street DINGO

     

    This park has a large playground that caters to children of all ages. It has a great skate park that will amuse older kids to adults. To add to this, the whole area is fenced to let the kids have fun and safe in this amazing space. There is one electric BBQ for easy use while making lunch for the whole family and/or friends.

    • Playground
    • Skate park

Duaringa

  • Mackenzie Park - Theresa Street DUARINGA
    Mackenzie Park is a popular area next to the highway. It’s a camping/resting place that is next to the Information Center. It has an amazing playground for the kids, showers to clean off after a long drive, elective BBQs, and plenty of picnic areas. It has everything you need in one stop.

    • Next to camping area and the highway
    • Next to the Information Centre
    • Showers

Emerald

  • Apex Park (Information Centre) - Capricorn Highway EMERALD

     

    Apex Park is located on the corner of Dundas Street and Capricorn Highway and home to the Visitor Information Centre and The historic, Emerald Pioneer Village.

    The park also adjoins part of Morton Park, not easily missed as you are passing through due to the famous Van Gogh Sunflower Painting.
    The superstructure is 25 meters and represents the Central Highland’s past as a major sunflower producer.

    The park adjoins sporting fields and the Emerald Skate Park, is regularly used for local markets, picnics, photography and is a great stop over to walk your four legged friends.

    • Big Easel Van Gogh Sunflower Painting
    • The Information Center
  • Botanic Gardens - Rifle Range Road EMERALD

     

    The Emerald Botanic Gardens is a tropical paradise, providing the perfect location for relaxing strolls with your four legged friends, sharing a great book with a magnificent tree or setting upon family adventures.

    Established in 1988 by the Emerald Shire Council and substantial local resident support, its home to 12 different themed plant communities, most representing plant species that are native to the region. In 2023, it was formally recognised by Botanic Gardens Australia & New Zealand Limited (BGANZ).

    It is the only botanic gardens located within Central Highlands, covering as area of 42 hectares (42,000 square meters). The gardens have six kilometers of walking tracks and regularly used for park runs, cross country races and local community events. Includes an abundance of picnic areas, playgrounds, mazes, sculptures, kayaking, fishing and specialised plant communities from a rainforest section to wetlands.

    • Mazes
  • Centenary Park - Centenary Drive EMERALD

     

    Centenary Park is in a quiet neighborhood setting, an amazing place to bring the kids and home to Gumnuts Playgroup. This space is fenced with a large shaded playground and grassy area for the kids to run around, keeping them entertained for hours.
  • Gairi Park - Colleen Avenue EMERALD
    Gairi Park is in a quiet neighborhood setting. This park has a large flat grassed space for family sporting activities. It’s a great space to bring lunch and relax.
  • Lawrie & Myra Stanton Park - Dawn Crescent EMERALD
    This large open area is fenced and surrounded by shady palm trees. It’s a relaxing and quiet space you can enjoy a picnic lunch with the family, whilst the youth play on the swings or have a blast playing soccer or touch on the open green grass.
  • Library Park - Borilla Street EMERALD

     

    This park is a complement to the Emerald Library, situated behind the facility and including a community garden.
    The park is a small but sociable space with plenty of seating areas for gatherings, bring along a picnic rug to read one of the many books you’ve just checked out from our amazing library or a perfect place to study outside four walls.

    • Next to the Library
  • Lions Park - Ruby Street EMERALD
    Lions Park is a great family-friendly area, that is located near the center of town. It’s a must-visit park due to it’s colorful playground providing different types of activities for young to older children with plenty of shade and seating areas.
  • Maranda Heights Park - Canterbury Road EMERALD
    Maranda Heights Park is located in a large quiet neighborhood area. It is a perfect location for a family BBQ providing two shaded structures, electric BBQs, drinking fountain and plenty of tables for picnics a with added bonus of ample grassed space for a friendly (or competitive) game of backyard cricket.
  • Margaret Gibson Park - Staal Crescent EMERALD

     

    Margaret Gibson Park is a large area that would be great for family sporting activities. It has an amazing playground for the kids. A seating area for a family and plenty of grassy area for a well-set picnic under large beautifully shaded trees.  
  • Peet Park - Carrington Place EMERALD

     

    A fantastic and secured fenced park with a large grassed open area, a large table and chairs to fit a family of 4-6 and a climbing playground to keep the youth entertained whilst you lead your four legged friend in a game of hide and seek.
  • Rotary Park - Gregory Highway EMERALD
    Emerald Rotary Park in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Emerald have worked together to provide this fantastic space for community gatherings, birthday parties, a well needed rest stop as you travel through town or a space to step away from the adjacent Emerald Hospital.

    Grab a coffee to go and pull up a space whilst the youth adventure the amazing playground and grassed areas, there is a modern amenities block on site for your convenience.

    • Train ride
  • Rundle Park - Opal Street EMERALD

     

    There’s plenty of space to run around for all ages at Rundle Park. Get a team, come together and use this large field for sporting games and activities like soccer, touch football , backyard cricket and there is even a couple of cricket nets.

    There is an amenities building and public access to the netball court excluding when netball members are playing within the netball season.

    • Netball Courts
    • Multi-sport practice wall
  • Skate Park -
  • Steve Bell Park - Rogers Street EMERALD
    Steve Bell Park is located in a quiet neighborhood and has plenty to offer for all ages. The park has disability access and toilets. The largely shaded playground is more suited for younger aged kids, yet there is an amazing tennis court open to the public and is great for youth and all ages.

    • Tennis Courts
  • Sunrise Park (BMX Park) - Opal Street EMERALD
    This area is largely filled with different types of activities to do. Grab your family and friends for a little friendly competition or learn a new skill, with a diverse range of activities showcased.
    From netball courses, practice your sporting skills on the Multi-sport practice wall, practice your bike riding skills on the bitumen course or even ride on the amazing BMX track. There is plenty to cater to all activities. After exploring all the activities that this park provides, you can relax to have lunch made on the easy-to-use BBQs.

    • BMX Track
    • Netball Courts
    • Learning driving course
    • Multi-sport practice wall
  • Vicki Peters Park - Rifle Range Road EMERALD

     

    This fully fenced park has a well-shaded playground with slides, swings, and small climbing activities. a large grassed area to play games or sports, as well as a shaded picnic area, its perfect for birthday parties and play dates.

Gemfields

Rolleston

  • Beazley Park - Dawson Highway ROLLESTON
    Located in the heart of Rolleston, Beazley Park features the Purbrook Hut (historic site), an art gallery, a coffee cart, a large fenced playground, and picnic facilities. There are lots of activities to do for the kids with a skate park, flying fox, and basketball hoop.

    • Skate Park
    • Basketball Hoop
    • Flying Fox

Springsure

  • Lions Park - Dip Access Road SPRINGSURE
    This park is located right on the side of Gregory HWY north of Springsure. It’s a small and relaxing area to stop and have a break. Sit in the shaded picnic shape and you will get a great view of the amazing hills and mountains that Springsure has to provide. There is plenty of parking space for cars, trucks, and caravans.
  • Rich Park - William Street SPRINGSURE
    This park has plenty to provide. There is a massive playground area and an electric BBQ to use for a lunch break. 50m walk down the road and you will arrive at the Wool Shed and Tourist Information Center that will supply you with the history and old artifacts of the area. It’s a must-stop area for the family to enjoy.

    • Near to the Wool Shed and Tourist Information Centre
  • Skate Park - Eclipse Street SPRINGSURE
    This area is a large space with a brilliant skate park and netball courts to provide exercise and activities for you, your friends and family. This site has a shaded area with a bubbler to rest from all the fun activities that the Springsure Skate Park provides.

    • Netball Courts

Tieri

  • Lions Park- Malvern Ave TIERI
    Lions Park is a large green area that is located next to the Christopher McMillan Memorial Field. It has an amazing playground and a flying fox to entertain the kids. There are plenty of picnic areas and BBQs to use for great feed. Lions Park is a great stop to come for a walk/bike ride and to just come to relax.

    • Bike/walking track
    • Flying fox

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