THE FAMILY GUIDE TO HERVEY BAY’S PARKS

Hervey bay has parks for all ages and stages and there are so many to choose from! Where do you start? Right here as recommended by my three little munchkins!

I’ve listed the parks with purpose built children’s play equipment and focussed on the main tourist strip along Charlton Esplanade. These suburbs are Urangan, Torquay, Scarness and Pialba.

All the parks are free, have excellent toilet facilities, grassy picnic areas, BBQs, water bubblers, tree or sail shade and free parking! All easily accessible via the paved bikeway / walking track that stretches along the foreshore from the Gables in Point Vernon to Urangan Boat Harbour.

So what are you waiting for? Pack a picnic, get out there and soak up the sunshine and clean air, play with your kids and enjoy your Hervey Bay holiday!

URANGAN – Dayman park – all kids
Toddlers park, swings, big kids spider climbing ropes and more, scooter / bike / skate trails, swimming beach, café, views to Fraser Island.

TORQUAY – Ernie Organ Park (aka train park) – all kids
More for younger kids. Toddler train park, swings, hampster wheel and more, swimming beach, cafes, restaurants, shops, supermarket.

SCARNESS –Scarness Foreshore park – all kids
More for big kids. Toddler swing, ride ons, climbing wall, climbing equipment, slides, shops, cafes, swimming beach.

PIALBA – 5 parks

Apex park – young kids
Pirate ship, swings, climbing cubes and whale, fencing encloses this park, protecting little ones from the busy Esplanade. Scooter, bike, skate track.

All Abilities playground – all kids
Featuring a wide variety of accessible, inclusive play equipment and experiences, including a custom-built shipwreck, a swirling maze and swings to suit all abilities, decorative pathways and gardens throughout.

Seafront oval skatepark – big kids
Ramps cater for beginners to advanced enthusiasts

Wet Side water park– all kids
Fraser Coast Aquatic Centre

This free, super-cool, lifeguard serviced water park includes a special area for under 5s called Totside. Big kids have slides, splash bucket, water fountains etc. For a fee, older kids can use the FlipSide BoardRider wave machine. No bikes, scooters, skateboards or pets are allowed. Café, fishnchips, general store close by. No bbqs.

The Pines (Sandy White memorial park) – all kids

Toddlers park, big kids park and extreme sized spider climbing ropes.

By the way there are many more parks in Hervey Bay. Fraser Coast Councils Parks & Gardens and Our Fraser Coast Parks & Picnic Spots have a wealth of information on the area and other points of interest for your holiday.