Poona National Park


Two islands and low-lying coastal plains in the Great Sandy Strait are protected in this park on the mainland.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby attractions

1. Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum

6.04 MILES

Occupying a brick warehouse built for JE Brown in 1879, this museum houses over 7000 military and colonial artefacts. Check out the only surviving three…

2. Gatakers Artspace

6.07 MILES

Inside the restored Gatakers Buildings (behind the Military & Colonial Museum) are four galleries exhibiting contemporary art from the region and beyond…

3. Portside Heritage Precinct

6.08 MILES

In the historic area beside the Mary River, Portside has 13 heritage-listed buildings, parkland and museums. The Portside Centre, located in the former…

4. Maryborough Family Heritage Institute

6.11 MILES

Occupying a handsome Bank of New South Wales building from 1878, this heritage centre houses colonial immigration records from ships logs, and offers…

5. Story Bank

6.13 MILES

Upstairs, in a bedroom of the former Australian Joint Stock Bank (c 1882), Helen Goff (aka PL Travers), the author of the Mary Poppins stories, was born…

6. Mary Poppins Statue

6.14 MILES

On the street by the neoclassical facade of the former Union Bank (where PL Travers, creator of Mary Poppins was born) is a life-sized statue of the…

7. Queens Park

6.16 MILES

These Heritage-listed botanical gardens are some of the oldest in Australia. With lush lawns, fountains, memorials and a profusion of glorious trees …

8. Maryborough Heritage City Market

6.33 MILES

This weekly food- and goods-market is made all the more entertaining by the 1pm firing of the historic Time Cannon by Maryborough's 'ambassadors' – the…