If you like to get out and about on your trusty steed, Ipswich offers a number of horse riding trail options and facilities in the larger conservation estates. Discover Ipswich, it’s your backyard.
Hardings Paddock campground is perfect for a weekend getaway for the whole family. Surrounded by natural bushland, there are just eight camping sites available to add to the feeling of seclusion.
Over 2,500 hectares of regionally significant bushland featuring extensive forested ridges, escarpments and valleys that are home to an amazing array of plant and wildlife species.
Located 20 minutes drive from the Ipswich City, the Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate covers over 2,200 hectares. The conservation estate supports extensive forests and rugged volcanic peaks and slopes including Flinders Peak, Mt Blaine, Mt Catherine and Mt Goolman.
Escape to a trail brimming with breathtaking mountain scenery and tranquil waterways, old train stations and carriages, and a rich history of early settlers along the old Brisbane Valley Railway Line.
From close up animal encounters to riding the rails on a historic steam train, Ipswich is home to many activities and day trips which are sure to please the whole family.
With its gracious Queenslander homes, elaborate churches and elegant commercial facades, Ipswich is the perfect setting in which to hark back to slower, gentler times by indulging in high tea...