Things to do in Gladstone

Explore the region

Explore Gladstone and surrounding coastal towns. Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy are longer day trips; island visits require transport checks.

Listings across Agnes Water, Boyne Island, Gladstone, Gladstone Central, Mount Larcom, Seventeen Seventy, South Gladstone, Tannum Sands, West Gladstone.

Attractions and places to visit

26 places in this selection. Opening hours, access and admission vary; check the place details.

Galleries, Museums and Collections

Agnes Water Museum

Agnes Water

Visit the Agnes Water Museum at Agnes Water where you can spend time learning the history of the area. The Origins of the twin town's names, the Endeavour Voyage, Maritime Exploration, Bustard Head Lighthouse, Aboriginal artefacts, mineral and fossil collection and an extensive photographic collection can all be appreciated. This restored original museum will have everyone interested.

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Natural Attractions

Fitzroy Reef Lagoon

Seventeen Seventy

Situated 32 nautical miles (or 90 minutes) from Seventeen Seventy is the spectacular 2,000 acre Fitzroy Reef. The only naturally formed, all tidal entrance Lagoon on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, it boasts a diverse range of spectacular corals and bommies - perfect for snorkelling and scuba diving. Marine life that call Fitzroy Reef Lagoon home include Manta rays, Bull rays, Eagle rays, the Lagoon ray with its iridescent blue spots and also the black blotched stingray, Dolphins (bottlenose, common and spinner), Turtles (Loggerhead, Green and Hawksbill) and up to 1,000 different species of small colourful fish. Visitors can expect to see nearly one million individual fish while snorkelling the bombies of Fitzroy. Sharks (white and black tip reef sharks) majestically cruise through the Lagoon - totally uninterested in people. Access to Fitzroy Reef Lagoon is by private vessel.

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