Mudgee Water Park

Family Fun

Local tips for the best family friendly activities across Mudgee Region

• Get wet at the Mudgee Water Park

• Go wild at the Adventure Playground in Gulgong 

• Gold panning at the Gulgong Gold Experience at Red Hill

• Kayak or canoe at Ganguddy (formerly Dunns Swamp)

• Go bushwalking and check out the Pagoda rock formations

• Explore our local parks, feed ducks at Lawson Park or have fun on the play equipment in Robertson Park in Mudgee and Anzac Park or Apex Park in Gulgong

• Throw a line in and jag a fish at Windamere Dam

• Check out the local skate parks

• Taste a wide range of yummy honey, discover your favourite flavour

• Gold pan and fossick in Windeyer or Hill End, hire a gold pan or metal detector and try your luck!

• Explore the southern night skies at the Mudgee Observatory

• Travel back in time at one of our many heritage museums

• Take a ride at the Mudgee Miniature Railway

• Bushwalk at Munghorn Gap (keep count of how many types of birds you see), in the Goulburn River National Park, Ferntree Gully, The Drip or Wollemi National Park

• Pack a picnic full of local produce and take it to a park or bushland and reconnect with nature

• Taste our local cheeses, they’re delicious

• See how olive oil is made and then put it to the taste test

• Have a crack at a hole-in-one at putt putt golf or one of our scenic golf courses

• Release your creativity and join a local art + craft workshop

• Learn about country life and where your food comes from at one of our monthly Farm Walk Tours

• Enjoy the thrill of a helicopter flight, for a bird’s eye view of our good-looking region

• Book a horse riding lesson or trail ride

• Take a dip at one of our pools in Gulgong, Kandos or Mudgee. Pools open on the last weekend in September and close on the last Sunday in April, open 7 days

• Navigate the Mudgee Common mountain bike trails for some adventurous fun

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