Senior's Week Expo

There will be information tables and displays on all things senior related, a trade table selling craft, homemade preserves, cakes etc. and entertainment. Tea, coffee, sandwiches and cakes will be on sale for those who fancy something to eat.

Entrance is free.

When: 26th Aug 2011 at 10am - 26th Aug 2011 at 2:30pm

Where: Senior Citizens Centre, Macalister Street Mackay

Bluewater Lagoon

Comprising three tiered lagoons, the Bluewater Lagoon is a free family-friendly leisure facility overlooking the picturesque Pioneer River in the heart of Mackay’s City Centre.

Covering an area equivalent to three 50 metre swimming pools, Bluewater Lagoon provides a safe all-round stinger-free swimming environment.

Facility includes

• A waterfall connects the two main lagoon areas which vary in depth up to 1.8 metres.
• 19.5 metre water slide from the top lagoon to the middle lagoon
• An interactive children’s water playground and drop-bucket.
• The lagoon provides disabled and elderly access with handrails and suitable water levels.
• A 1.2 metre fence surrounds the facility to provide a secure, safe environment
• Electric barbecue facilities available
• Cafe - variety of snacks, drinks and ice cream

Entry fees and charges

Entry is free of charge

Hours of operation

Monday - Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday - Sunday (including school holidays and public holidays)	9am - 8pm

Location and contact details

Caneland Park
River Street, Mackay
Fax: (07) 4951 4959
Email: maf@mackay.qld.gov.au

Artspace Mackay

Artspace Mackay provides the community of Mackay and visitors with access to the highest quality exhibitions and programs. The gallery aims to create opportunities for the community to engage with and enjoy artistic and cultural activities including free gallery tours; a wide range of workshops and events and; international, national and local exhibitions.

Artspace Mackay

Civic Centre Precinct

PO Box 41

Gordon Street

Mackay, QLD 4740

 

Telephone: (07) 4961 9722

Fax: (07) 4961 9794

Email: artspace@mackay.qld.gov.au

Opening hours
Tuesday - Saturday from 10am - 5pm

Go catch a Movie

Want to know what's on at the movies? Click here to visit Birch Carroll & Coyle's web site with session times and movie information. There's 2 theatre locations in Mackay:

City Heart on Gordon St, parking next door, metered.

Mt Pleasant Greenfields, northside opposite Bunnings, free parking.

Enjoy Shopping?

Check out the 2 undercover shopping centres in Mackay:

1. Caneland Central, opposite the Pioneer River in the City Heart.
2. Mt Pleasant Greenfields, over the Ron Camm Bridge northside just off the Bruce Hwy.

There's loads of shopping in the City Heart too; including Sydney Street Markets and Victoria Street. And if that's just not enough, you can visit North Point Retail in North Mackay for big ticket items from retailers like Harvey Norman, The Good Guys, Clive Peeters and The Outdoor Furniture Specialists.

Mackay Botanic Gardens

What can I see?

Discover one of Australia's newest Botanic Gardens, located at beautiful Mackay on the Central Queensland Coast.

These new gardens opened to the public in May 2003 and are being constructed over a 15 year, 10 phase period focussing on flora from the Central Queensland Coast bioregion that surrounds the city, along with other beautiful Australian Natives and exotics from similar climates around the world.

The Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens provides many resources to visitors and the community - from a pleasant recreational facility with over 3 kilometres of walking and cycling trails, to a unique cafe and gallery perched high above our wildlife filled lagoons, to a place that remembers the past and Mackay's cultural identity today with 5 feature ''cultural themed' gardens and of course - a garden filled with  life and colour - home to animals and plants - some threatened in the wild.

Opening hours

• Recommended visiting is from 5am to 11pm. All major arterial pathways and facilities are accessible and lit within these hours.
• Administration is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.
• The Lagoons Cafe and Gallery is open Wednesday to Friday 10am to 3pm, weekends from 9am to 4pm. Closed public holidays.
• The Tropical Shade Garden and The Fernery is open weekdays and weekends when our volunteer Gardens Friends and Staff are at the Administration office.
• Closed public holidays.

Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
PO Box 41
9 Lagoon Street
West Mackay, QLD 4740

Telephone: (07) 4952 7300
Fax: (07) 4952 7333
Email: botanic@mackay.qld.gov.au