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Looking for a holiday that will suit the whole family? Take the family swimming, fishing or camping. Give your children a glimpse of Australian native animals in their natural surroundings. Why not let them hold a baby crocodile, fossick for precious gemstones, explore ancient Aboriginal art sites and enjoy the friendliness of rural country towns.
A short drive north of Rockhampton is the Capricorn Caves. The Caves offer a variety of tour options so why not try the ‘Family Caving Adventure’. Bats are more likely to be seen on this tour as they prefer the quieter, darker caves.
Champions Brock Experience is a premier motoring museum showcasing the cars and “boys toys” owned, driven and built by motor-racing champion Peter Brock. The result of over 18 years collecting and restoring, the museum also features a vast array of personal and professional memorabilia, much of it donated by Brock himself to the showcase. Join a guided tour or see the light and sound show.
Enjoy the cool seclusion of a rainforest village at Byfield. Hire a canoe and paddle along the freshwater creek where the rainforest spills to the water’s edge. Here you’ll find excellent picnic areas perfect for a family BBQ and beautiful freshwater swimming holes that will keep the kids occupied for hours. Discover pottery galleries. Take home a wonderful local souvenir or try your own hand at the potter’s wheel.
Depart with the family on a day cruise around the Keppel Bay Islands. Enjoy a Glass Bottom Boat tour for coral viewing and fish feeding Make sure you experience a ride in the boomnet before completing your cruise - lie in the net while cruising the magnificent Island bays, it’s just like a spa, but in the ocean.
Feel like a paddle? Paddle Boats, aqua bikes, kayaks, surf skis, canoes, catamarans, tinnies, and tube boats are for hire at the Causeway Lake Boat Hire. This is great fun for all ages.
Take the children to the Crazy Joker indoor adventure playground and let them loose with the great range of slides, maze and jumping castles. The complex has a café and sitting areas for parents to sit back and relax.
Experience the wonders of being close to today’s link to dinosaurs with a public tour of the Koorana Crocodile Farm. The farm also offers spotlight dinner tours, education tours, crocodile leather products for sale, and a fully licensed restaurant with crocodile meat dishes.
The Sapphire Gemfields are a must see when travelling the region. Families can enjoy underground mine tours and learning how to fossick for their very own sapphires. For the more serious, hire a pick and shovel, purchase a fossickers license and head for one of the eleven designated fossicking areas. Alternatively join a self-drive day tour. Don't leave without admiring the quality workmanship and designs of locally made jewellery in one of the many gem galleries and shops.
