Family Fun Make memories to treasure
With the world’s largest sand island, incredible encounters with wildlife, adventure playgrounds, safe beaches and marvellous heritage – Queensland’s Fraser Coast is bound to engage, entertain and delight the whole family.
Don’t miss Fraser Island
The heritage-listed natural wonder of Fraser Island was named Australia’s best family camping spot by readers of Out and About With Kids magazine in 2019. The list of the island’s child-friendly activities is long, including walking along the boardwalk at Eli Creek, then hopping into the water to drift back with the current, sinking your toes into the sand at Lake McKenzie before sliding into the sparkling blue water and wandering through the rainforest growing out of sand at Central Station. And if you have never tried bush tucker, the island’s main resort offers walk and taste sessions during a 45-minute tour where the whole family can learn about the native
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flora and fauna of the island. A ranger guide takes visitors on a path through the resort grounds, wetland areas and down to the beach, stopping to smell, taste and feel a range of native nuts, berries, leaves and bark. You will learn how these were used traditionally by the Indigenous Butchulla people, as well receive tips on how they may be used in contemporary cooking. You will also learn about the medicinal properties of some plants, such as how the powder inside the paperbark tree can be used as a natural antiseptic.
Romp around in our worldclass water park Don’t miss taking a splash at Hervey Bay’s WetSide Water Park on the Pialba foreshore, ranked number 3 in the Top 25 water parks in the world in 2019 by Tripadvisor, pipped only by Spain and Dubai. With two new waterslides this free attraction is consistently highly recommended by local and visiting families. Youngsters can test their courage by climbing up
the nets or ladder to the 7m-high sky towers and take a fast slide to the new Pialba Adventure Playground below. For a change of pace, let your children’s imaginations run wild at Woo-Koo Park on the outskirts of Maryborough, with its lagoon, statues of pioneers and animals. And to end a full-day excursion, climb through and admire one of Australia’s oldest and largest Banyan figs in Maryborough’s Queens Park, still going strong after 150 years.
Meet the animals
Feed kangaroos and wallabies, wander in the aviary and wrap “Muscles”, the diamond python, around your neck if you dare at the wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Maryborough. You can also feed the turtles at the aquarium in Hervey Bay, hop on a horse and ride through 650 hectares of bush at Susan River or from late July to early November, head out on a whale watching adventure aboard one of the vessels in the Hervey Bay fleet leaving from the boat harbour at Urangan.
The Perfect Adventure Holiday right at our backdoor!
Horse Riding A d u lt s $ 8 5 C h i l d r e n (14 & under) $75 • 2 ½ hour horse ride • rides daily 9.30am & 2pm
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• enjoy refreshments beside the susan river
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• 1660 acres of bush land and open paddocks • no experience necessary
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• $15pp pick up / drop off hervey bay
Midway between Hervey Bay & Maryborough Phone 4121 6846 | info@susanriver.com | www.susanriver.com
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