Capricorn Attractions
Archer Park Station and Steam Tram Museum - Rockhampton
The Archer Park Railway Station museum contains several exhibitions associated with railways and the Rockhampton Council Tramways. Items have been collected from a variety of sources including private collectors, former rail workers, the Capricorn H ...
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Bedford Weir - Blackwater
The Bedford Weir is a man-made impoundment on the Mackenzie River, situated 25 kilometres north of Blackwater. The area is suitable for overnight stays and water, toilets and showers are available free of charge. Wood fired barbecues and a children' ...
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Blackdown Tableland National Park - Dingo
Blackdown Tableland National Park protects a sandstone plateau rising abruptly above Central Queensland's flat plains. Bordered by high rugged cliffs, this is the traditional home of the Ghungalu people. Rock art across the park reminds us of their c ...
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Blackwater International Coal Centre - Blackwater
Incorporating an education and community centre, exhibition space, a theatre cinema, and a cafe, the Blackwater International Coal Centre (BICC) showcases the Australian coal industry, and provides an interactive learning experience for the whole fam ...
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Blue Hollow Mine - Sapphire
Visit Peter and Debbie Chalmers at the Blue Hollow Mine for the full sapphire fossicking experience. Fossick at the park through original dirt from their own underground mine to learn how to identify and find sapphires using their equipment, or you c ...
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Bluff Rail Station - Bluff
Bluff Rail Station is a must see for rail enthusiasts, Bluff is the major interchange station for coal trains. Many trains are over two kilometres long some of the biggest trains in Queensland. The trains are crucial to the mining industry and carr ...
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Capricorn Caves - The Caves
Capricorn Cave Tour is the premier nature based attraction in Central Queensland. Here you can explore spectacular caves in a limestone ridge and spot little insectivorous bats in certain seasons. These magnificent caves are located north of Rockha ...
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Capricorn Coast National Park - Yeppoon
Capricorn Coast National Park has four separate accessable sections that can be enjoyed in a 30 minute drive between Yeppoon and Emu Park. Mangroves, dry rainforest, tussok grassland and open eucalypt forest provide a wonderful contrast to the blue w ...
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Champions Brock Experience - Yeppoon
Champions Brock Experience is the largest collection of Peter Brock Road and Race cars in the country. In a purpose-built world-class facility, along with over 36 vehicles, there is also a vast collection of professional and personal memorabilia of P ...
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Child Island Dive Site - Great Keppel Island
In the Keppel Group of Islands on the Great Barrier Reef, you can drift dive the deep channel to 30 metres between the Child and Barren islands known as "The Gulch". Its walls are lined with small colourful invertebrates. On a good dive, gropers, bar ...
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Cooberrie Park Wildlife Sanctuary - Yeppoon
At Cooberrie Park Wildlife Sanctuary, you can cuddle a koala, hold a snake and hand feed their very friendly kangaroos and wallabies whilst you experience more than 350 fascinating native animals, across 70 Species. They successfully breed many endan ...
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CQ Military and Artefacts Museum - Rockhampton
The CQ Military and Artefacts Museum houses artefacts from the military history of Rockhampton and district including American Army uniforms from World War Two and a room devoted entirely to Rockhampton history. So come along with your family and fri ...
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Cullin-La-Ringo Massacre Site - Springsure
On October 17, 1861, 19 of the district's earliest settlers were killed in a conflict with the local Aboriginals. While ample written records testify to the European account of the massacre and its cause, Aboriginal descendants of the Kairi tribe ha ...
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Dingo Statue - Dingo
The origin of the town's name is shrouded in mystery! Some say a railway surveyor saw a dingo on the creek bank and gave the town its name, others say that Moses Wafer, an earlier pioneer, heard dingo's howling at night and named the town around his ...
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Egg Rock Dive Site - Great Keppel Island
Egg Rock is located in a Marine National Park "B" Zone - the Keppel Group of Islands on the Great Barrier Reef are totally protected. Wall dives to 30m on the seaward side, numerous types of corals and fish life - some up to 70kg! Coral Trout in abun ...
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Emerald Botanic Gardens - Emerald
Relax as you meander through an oasis like no other within Queensland’s Central Highlands: the Emerald Botanic Gardens is a tropical paradise providing the perfect location for a relaxing afternoon stroll or an early morning walk. Situated on the b ...
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Emerald Centenary of Federation Mosaic Pathway - Emerald
A step by step snapshot of Emerald's history is situated in 'Morton Park', Emerald. This project was made possible by Centenary of Federation funding. Walk the mosaic pathway which depicts 100 years of Emerald’s history with 21 intricately tiled de ...
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Emerald Historic Railway Station - Emerald
In 1899 Emerald’s first Railway Station was built, but unfortunately burned down within a year. In 1900 a new Railway Station was built of timber, with iron roof and wrought iron trimmings. The heritage-listed railway station boasts an elaborate en ...
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Emerald Pioneer Cottage Complex - Emerald
Soak up Emerald’s history at the Pioneer Cottage complex. Included in the complex is one of Emerald’s first cottages, a lead lined lockup, St Marks Presbyterian Church and a communications museum. Unfortunately, little is left of Emerald's early ...
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Fairbairn Dam, Lake Maraboon - Emerald
Fairbairn Dam and Lake Maraboon are holiday destinations in themselves! The lake is stocked with eight different kinds of fish including barramundi, but is famous for the Red Claw Crayfish. You can relax by the lake, take a swim or try your hand at w ...
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Federation Woolshed and Rich Park - Springsure
View one of the largest windmills in Queensland, measuring 24 feet in diameter. While in Springsure visit the Federation Woolshed - with an information centre; two early homesteads, a large windmill, wagon and cattle yard displays, all at Rich Park ...
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Footlights Theatre Restaurant - Yeppoon
Footlights Theatre Restaurant is a true Australian gem. There's a sumptuous three-course dinner with a brilliant two hour show performed by a professional team who have almost 3,000 shows and 27 years under their belts. There are two types of shows ...
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Fossilised Tree - Emerald
This amazing fossilised tree is 250 million years old and is located outside Emerald's Town Hall. The tree was unearthed in 1979 when a new railway bridge was being built across the Mackenzie River for the Gregory Mine. It was presented to the town i ...
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Gracemere Exhibition Complex - Gracemere
The Gracemere Saleyards, located eight kilometres west of Rockhampton, began operations in 1953.The saleyards hosts the world's largest stud sale (Brahman Week) and Australia's biggest horse sale (National Quarter Horse Sale). Extensive upgrading of ...
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Greycliffe Homestead - Biloela
Greycliffe was the home of the Nott family for 100 years. Greycliffe has been listed by the National Trust of Queensland as an essential element of the National Estate. The homestead is built of slabs cut with a pitsaw and adze. The last of the Nott' ...
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Isla Gorge Lookout - Theodore
At the southern end of the Dawson Range, Isla Gorge National Park protects spectacular sandstone scenery in the Central Highlands. Here, among a complex maze of gorges, sandstone outcrops and striking rock formations change colour throughout the day. ...
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Japanese Gardens, Blackwater - Emerald
The Japanese Gardens in Blackwater are reputed to be the best of its kind in Queensland. The gardens mark the relationship between Blackwater and its sister city, Fujisawa in Japan. Japanese Gardens Blackwater are an ideal spot to stop on your trip ...
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Ka Ka Mundi, Carnarvon National Park - Springsure
Ka Ka Mundi, Carnarvon National Park, has more than 30 kilometres of sandstone escarpments and plateaus, dry rainforest surrounding clear springs and brigalow scrubs on clay soil. Aboriginal people have close ties to the area. They believe that Bunbu ...
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Keppel Bay Islands National Park - Yeppoon
Keppel Bay Islands National Park, including 15 islands surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, is the traditional home of the Ganomi-Woppaburra Aboriginal people. Secluded beaches, plunging cliffs and diverse plant communities are just some ...
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Keppel Bay Marina - Yeppoon
The multi award winning Keppel Bay Marina welcomes visitors by land and sea. Being the largest marina in Northern Queensland it has become a major tourist attraction on the Capricorn Coast. Keppel Bay Marina, situated in Rosslyn Bay, is the 'gateway ...
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Kershaw Gardens - Rockhampton
Rockhampton's Kershaw Gardens were officially opened in September 1988 as part of a project celebrating the Australian Bicentenary. Initial development of the gardens commenced in 1976, on an old landfill reclamation area. Today, the Gardens repres ...
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Koorana Crocodile Farm - Rockhampton
Koorana Crocodile Farm is a commercially operated crocodile farm and restaurant located half an hour drive from Rockhampton. Fully guided tours are operated daily at 10.30 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. with crocodile hatchings being seen from March to May. Last ...
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Kroombit Tops National Park - Biloela
Kroombit Tops National Park is the only home for the Kroombit tinkerfrog, a critically endangered species. Sandstone cliffs, waterfalls and a variety of plant communities also grace this park. Enjoy the view from the eastern escarpment's lookout. Th ...
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Lake Callide - Biloela
Lake Callide is located 12 kilometres from Biloela via sealed road and approximately 90 kilometres south-west of Gladstone via the Dawson Highway. While compact the lake provides you with rewarding fishing especially for golden perch (yellowbelly) a ...
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Mackenzie Park - Duaringa
Mackenzie Park, on the eastern side of town, is home to a rare tree that is only found in the Duaringa township. The Duaringa stringy bark, known to the Aboriginals as "budgeroo', grows up to 10 metres tall and has bushy foliage with small white flo ...
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Man and Wife Rocks Dive Site - Great Keppel Island
Located in the Keppel Group of Islands on the Great Barrier Reef, Man and Wife Rocks Features a beautiful plateau (around 6-8m) of rich coral reef with extensive varieties of hard and soft corals. Staghorn corals are prolific - great macro photograph ...
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Mimosa Culture Track - Dingo
Rising abruptly above the surrounding dry plains, Blackdown Tableland protects spectacular sandstone scenery at the north-eastern edge of the Central Queensland sandstone belt. This elevated sandstone plateau (900 metres above sea level) is much coo ...
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Minerva Hills National Park - Springsure
A relatively small National Park near Springsure in Central Queensland, Minerva Hills is dominated by Mount Boorambool, rising 600 metres above sea level, and the larger cliff fringed Mount Zamia (560 metres), which offer panoramic views of the surro ...
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Mount Archer National Park - Rockhampton
With a height of 604 metres, Mt Archer dominates Mt Archer National Park and provides a dramatic backdrop to Rockhampton. The park protects a range of plants and animals, including plant species with restricted distributions, also the glossy black-co ...
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Mount Etna Caves National Park - Rockhampton
Mount Etna Caves National Park contains some of Australia's most cavernous limestone formations. Protected from fire by the limestone karst, dry rainforest thrives amongst sharp pinnacles and shady crevices. The national park is especiallly important ...
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Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park - Rockhampton
Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park, 36 kilometres west of Rockhampton on the Capricorn Highway is an internationally known destination for thunderegg fossicking. Thundereggs or 'volcanic birthstones' are crystalline formations that occur when gas bubble ...
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Mount Morgan Historical Museum - Mount Morgan
The Mount Morgan Historical Museum houses a unique collection of early mining equipment from the famous Mount Morgan Gold Mine as well as many household objects used during the town's heyday, dating back to the late nineteenth century. The Mount Morg ...
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Mount Scoria Conservation Park - Thangool
Mount Scoria Conservation Park, near Biloela in Central Queensland, is Gangulu country. Rising 150 metres above cultivated plains, Mount Scoria is a striking local landmark and an important place for Gangulu corroborees. Take the short cultural trac ...
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Mount Scoria Cultural Trail - Biloela
Rising 150 metres above the cultivated plains, Mount Scoria is a striking local landmark. Formed by volcanic activity 20-26 million years ago, this volcanic plug features many-sided basalt columns. From this short cultural trail in Mount Scoria Cons ...
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Nuga Nuga National Park and Lake Nuga Nuga - Emerald
As the largest natural water body within the Central Queensland Sandstone Belt, Lake Nuga Nuga (adjacent to the National Park), provides a valuable habitat for waterbirds in an otherwise arid landscape. The Lake has only recently formed; the result ...
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Outer Rocks Dive Site - Great Keppel Island
Outer Rocks, in the Keppel Group of Islands on the Great Barrier Reef, has entry at 8m over superb ridges rich in hard and soft coral. The ridge is known as Snake Paradise due to the resident population of olive sea snakes. There are many gutters to ...
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Rainbow Falls - Emerald
Rising abruptly above the surrounding dry plains, Blackdown Tableland National Park protects spectacular sandstone scenery at the north-eastern edge of the Central Queensland sandstone belt. Due to its elevation this sandstone plateau (900 metres abo ...
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Rockhampton Art Gallery - Rockhampton
Rockhampton Art Gallery, with the fine quality of its Australian art collection, frequent exhibitions and busy program of activities, is the hub of Central Queensland's art scene. Selections from the Gallery's nationally renowned collection are regul ...
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Rockhampton Botanic Gardens and Zoo - Rockhampton
Rockhampton's Botanic Gardens is regarded as one of the best in regional Australia. Excellent specimens of palms, cycads and ferns are found throughout the beautifully manicured grounds. Some specimens are over 100 years old. The Rockhampton Botan ...
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Rockhampton Post Office - Rockhampton
The Rockhampton Post Office, built in 1895, is a good example of Classic Revival Architecture. The interior has been modified to suit modern requirements and the two street frontages remain as originally constructed. Key features of the building are ...
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