Woodgate Beach - Where Nature and Ocean Meet on the Sand!

Visit beautiful Woodgate Beach for the family holiday experience of a lifetime.
Beach holidays as they used to be, space for the kids or adults to ride bikes, roller blades, swim, walk, play beach football or cricket or just lie on a towel to take in the rays.
Woodgate offers it all with 18kms of pristine white sandy beach to the front and surrounded by 23,100ha of National Park with walking trails and camp sites.
After dark there are the Woodgate Club and Woodgate Hotel offering meals and other entertainment.

Burrum Coast National Park - Woodgate Section

The central section of the park, Woodgate Section, can be reached from Childers or Bundaberg. From Childers, travel 2km east on the Bruce Highway, take the turn off to Goodwood and travel 36km to Woodgate Beach township. From Bundaberg, follow Barolin Street until it becomes Goodwood Road and travel 57km to Woodgate Beach township. From Woodgate Beach township, signs lead you to the national park.

Kinkuna Section

Access to Kinkuna, the northern section of the park, is by 4WD vehicle only. Travel 14km south from Bundaberg or 40km north-east from Childers on the Bundaberg-Goodwood-Childers Road. Turn into Coonarr Road at the railway overpass and follow for 8km, then turn right into Palm Beach Road for 1km to the park boundary. Follow the signs to the bush camping areas. Access is also possible from Woodgate Road in dry conditions. Follow the signs from Whoopi's Road 3km before Woodgate Beach township.
Wet weather access may be restricted due to local flooding — contact Woodgate Ranger Station for road conditions. During wet conditions, the Woodgate-Palm Beach road through Kinkuna is closed.

Burrum River Section

Access to the southern section of the park, the Burrum River Section, is via the Bruce Highway — exit at Torbanlea or Howard. From these towns travel via the Burrum Heads Road to the park (about 15km). The park is on both sides of the Burrum Heads Road just before Burrum Heads township.

Wheelchair accessibility

In the Woodgate Section, Hoppy Larks Creek picnic area has a wheelchair-accessible track to a viewing platform with a picnic table and fishing platform on the banks of the Gregory River. Walkers Point picnic area is wheelchair-accessible with paved areas to picnic tables and some of the walking track.

The boardwalk from Acacia Street through a melaleuca (tea-tree) swamp is also wheelchair-accessible.

Park Features

Covering 23,100 hectares, Burrum Coast National Park protects diverse plant and animal communities, including mangrove-lined riverbanks, wallum heath with spectacular wildflowers and tea tree-dominated swamps where Livistona palms reach above the canopy. Areas of deeper soil support eucalypt forests, including the vulnerable Goodwood gum Eucalyptus hallii. Burrum Coast National Park is the perfect place to appreciate the splendour and peace of the natural environment.
Camping

Camping is permitted in the Woodgate and Kinkuna Sections of the park, but not in the Burrum River Section.

Woodgate Section

The campground in Woodgate Section of the park is at Burrum Point, with vehicle access by four-wheel-drive (4WD) only. Campground facilities include water, cold showers and toilets. Fires are not permitted in the campground. Visitors should bring a fuel stove for cooking and containers suitable for storing rubbish. Please do not place rubbish in township bins. The campground is not large and bookings are essential for peak periods such as school holidays. Bookings must be made through QPWS Bundaberg. Camping permits are required and can be purchased from the QPWS Bundaberg and Maryborough offices. Fees apply. If campsites are vacant, permits can be obtained from a self-registration shelter at the campground. Usually some vacancies occur outside peak periods.
Please be considerate. Do not disturb other campers and keep noise to a minimum. Generators are not permitted.

Kinkuna Section

There are no facilities at Kinkuna. Bush camping is permitted behind the fragile foredune in four designated camping zones. Use only established access points across the dunes to reach the beach. You should be self-sufficient in food, drinking water, fuel and medical supplies. Camping permits are required and must be obtained before setting up camp. Fees apply. You will receive a booking number to record on your camping tag. Camping tags are available from registration shelters at the southern and northern entrances to the camping area at Kinkuna.
Book your campsite in the Kinkuna Section on line.
If you cannot book on line, book by phone on 13 13 04.
Permits can also be purchased in person at QPWS Bundaberg and Maryborough offices.
Burrum River Section
Burrum River Section has no facilities. Camping is not permitted in this section of the national park. Other accommodation
There is a range of holiday accommodation in Bundaberg and Childers.

Woodgate Walking Tracks

Four walking tracks offer you a chance to take a closer look at Woodgate's scenery and wildlife.

* The boardwalk — 800m return (Allow 20 minutes) Grade: Easy

The boardwalk is wheelchair accessible and enables visitors to take a short excursion through melaleuca (tea trees).


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