With over 330 parks, gardens and natural areas to discover across the region there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy the outdoors.
Keep active and healthy with a range of recreational opportunities including cycling, boating, bush walking, beach volleyball and bird watching.
There are plenty of playgrounds to keep the kids active, areas to walk your dogs and exercise equipment to use.
Park Finder showcases a host of the most popular park destinations scattered across the Bundaberg Region and is a convenient way to search for your next adventure.
Find a park below:
View the map in full screen here.
Explore the beautiful wetlands at Baldwin Swamp Environmental Park or follow the boardwalk through the Hummock Reserve. Near the coastline, walk the sandy tracks and search for wildflowers in the Wallum Heath at Vera Scarth-Johnson Wildflower Reserve and meander through the Melaleuca wetlands and open plains of Barolin Nature Reserve.
With 12 natural areas to discover across Bundaberg, Childers and Gin Gin there are plenty of opportunities for bird watching, photography, picnicking and bush walking. Many of the reserves offer short walks and loop tracks less than 1km in length. There are also a number of longer walks up to 4km throughout the region.
Our natural areas include:
Bundaberg
- Avondale Reserve
- Baldwin Swamp Environmental Park
- Barolin Nature Reserve
- Sharon Gorge Nature Park
- Vera Scarth-Johnson Wildflower Reserve
- Riverview Environmental Reserve
- Heathwood Park
- Maureen Schmitt Park
- Meadowvale Environmental Reserve
Childers
- Russo Environmental Park
- Helms Scrub
Gin Gin
To discover more about each of our natural areas, recreational parks and reserves across the Bundaberg region, view our interactive park map below:
View the map in full screen here.
The Bundaberg Regional Council Park Finder has been developed for use on desktop and mobile devices. The images shown in this guide are examples of what you may see while using this service.
Search by keywords
Search for a park or natural area by name or address, if you already have an idea of where you want to visit.
Search by filters
Set filters by expanding the Filter by Feature section. This can be found at the top left corner on the desktop version or in approximately the middle of the screen if viewing on mobile. When the application is first loaded, this panel will be collapsed. You can open and close this panel at any time by simply clicking or touching it.
Clicking or touching each item in the panel will toggle the filter ON or OFF to see what facilities each park or natural area has to offer. This action is the same on all platforms.
Once the filters have been set, the map will then only display those parks that contain that facility. i.e: Turn on barbecue to display all parks and natural areas across our region that provide barbecues.
Note: It is recommended that you “turn off” a particular facility filter before selecting another. If you select multiple filters, the map will only show parks that have all of the selected facilities available (eg. a barbecue and a picnic table).
Search by map
You can drag and zoom the map in any direction you like. If you click on a particular park icon on the map, the Park Information panel will give you a detailed description of that park or natural area. The “Features at a Glance” section will provide a summary of the facilities available at the selected location.
Note: When the application is first loaded, the Park Information panel will be collapsed. You can open and close this panel at any time by simply clicking or touching it.
Show your location or return home
You can show you current location on any device with a GPS, by clicking on the locate button on the map. Return the map to its starting location by clicking on the home button. This will zoom you back to the overall extent of region again.