Fraser Coast Parks & Playgrounds Our Guide

We’ve explored the best Fraser Coast parks and playgrounds—tried and tested by our own Wide Bay Kids! Check out our list of favourites in Hervey Bay and Maryborough, and click on each park name to read our full review.

Looking for a fun way to capture memories from your adventures? Custom Enamel Pins are a great keepsake! Design unique pins using photos from your park visits, add the date, or let your child choose their favourite animals, plants, or playground elements. It’s a creative way to celebrate your time together while collecting special moments from every trip.

Located right on the Esplanade, a short walk from Wet Side Water Park, with direct beach access, this is a great park for adventurous kids.

The Botanic Gardens in Hervey Bay are a great place to explore with kids. Set on 26 ha there is plenty to see and do. Our Wide Bay Kids favourite areas were the Chinese and Exotic Rainforest gardens as well as watching the ducks from the Island stage.

We love to visit what we call the Train Park also known as the Ernie Organ Park Hervey Bay. This large shady park extends along the foreshore of the Esplanade at Torquay with direct access to the beach and Torquay Pier.

Dayman Park Urangan Hervey Bay is a great park to enjoy some family time. Located on the foreshore at Urangan enclosed by Pulgul and Dayman Streets its the perfect spot for a picnic, bbq, game of cricket or a play on the playground.

Apex Park at Pialba is fully fenced making it the perfect spot to contain our younger kids, whilst still having plenty for the bigger ones. Our WBK’s call this ‘Imagination Park’! Every time we visit their imaginations run wild taking inspiration from the low ropes sailing ship and the sand kitchen.

Scarness Foreshore Park Hervey Bay is a popular local park. Younger kids will love ‘Nessy’ the monster while the older kids will love the rock wall and the large climbing tree. At low tide we love a game of beach soccer here.

ESA Park Point Vernon Hervey Bay is a popular birthday party spot for locals. Set on the foreshore at Point Vernon with direct beach access this park is loved by little explorers.