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Discover Ipswich for Family Fun

Ipswich is THE family destination with something fun for everyone.  Choose from over 500 parks and playgrounds, beautiful bushwalks catering for all fitness levels, interactive art, dinosaur fossils, enormous steam trains or getting up close and personal with wildlife.  Or do it all.  Stay one day or ten or enjoy a school holiday sleepover.  Ipswich is the affordable, easily accessible place for family fun.  Need a change of scene?  Then come and play in Ipswich.
 

 THE WORKSHOPS RAIL MUSEUM  

QUEENS PARK

 
Day Out with Thomas at The Workshops Rail Museum

 

Fun on the flying fox in Ipswich's beautiful Queens Park.

 

An interactive museum full of big machinery, multimedia experiences, glimpses into the future and reflections on the past.   With a state-of-the-art children's play area, Nature Centre, Café, BBQs and more, Queen's Park is a great spot for a fun family day out!  
       
             
 STEAM TRAIN EXPERIENCES  

IPSWICH NATURE CENTRE

 

IPSWICH ART GALLERY

   DENMARK HILL CONSERVATION PARK
Enjoy a variety of steam train rides and experiences in and around Ipswich.   Ipswich Nature Centre   Children's Gallery at Ipswich Art Gallery   Denmark Hill Conservation Park

Leather seats, wooden carriages, open windows and the smell of the coal burning steam engine bring back the nostalgia of early travel.

  See native fauna up close: wombats, bilbies, snakes and Ipswich's faunal emblem, the brush-tailed rock wallaby.   The Gallery presents a program of changing exhibitions and heritage displays, special events, family activities and art workshops.    Enjoy an 'expedition' style
bushwalk to discover the
Triassic Park fossil display.
             
             

IPSWICH LIBRARY

 

PARKS & GARDENS

 

THE SWICH

   DISCOVER IPSWICH
Ipswich Libary and Information Service   Over 500 parks and gardens in Ipswich for enjoying family fun.   The Swich - live, learn, work and play in Ipswich.   Discover the great experiences on offer in Ipswich.

Stories & story-telling; crafts, circus skills & music jamming workshops; movie events; there's something for tots to teens.

  Over 500 parks offering walking trails, playgrounds, landscaped gardens, river views...   Swich On to PLAY in Ipswich,
by visiting some of South East Queensland’s most exciting
play destinations!
 

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great experiences on
offer in Ipswich...