Local Attractions

Starting at the park, the forestry is a great place for either brisk or leisurely walks where you see a variety of wildlife and plant life.

Tin Can Bay is just 24kms down the road where the water is clear and calm, an ideal spot for a tinny, fishing and picnicking. The dolphins come in to the boat ramp where you can feed them from 8am each morning. Tin Can Bay is a great source of delicious fresh seafood and has a golf course and Country Club, bowls club and  yacht  club which is right on the water, all of which serve tempting meals.   Tin Can Bay has all the essential services while retaining the quiet village image.

Twenty kilometers south from Tin Can Bay along the coast is Rainbow Beach which is the gateway to Fraser Island. The shopping centre is right on the beach and has the atmosphere of a coastal resort offering boutiques and essential services.

To the west of Standown Park, 24kms, the historic town of Gympie is built on the gold mine hills.  The Gold Mine Museum tells the whole story and there is a tour of an underground gold mine you can take.  Gympie is renound for the Country Music Muster on the last weekend of August and the Gold Rush Festival in mid October. The wonderful Mary Valley Rattler showcases the south side of Gympie as the steam train winds its way through the valley every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.

Standown Park is a good base for day trips to Maryborough or Hervey Bay for whale watching, Maleny and Montville for the many arts and crafts or Noosa or maybe the famous Eumundi Markets.  All of which are within an hour or so away, with Brisbane only two hours south.

Where all campers, motorhomes, caravans and weary travelers are welcome to pull up a stump.