Location

Gympie is known as "Queensland's Golden City" following Queensland's first gold rush in 1867. Today Gympie is the major provincial city of the Cooloola region and serves a population of 60 000. Gympie is located on the Mary River, 160 kilometres north of Brisbane via the Bruce Highway.

Gympie is the gateway to the Cooloola Region, featuring Cooloola Coast, Cooloola National Park and Fraser Island as well as the Mary Valley with State Forest Parks, Lake Borumba and the rural Kilkivan Shire. Major annual events include the Gympie Show in May, the National Country Music Muster in August, the Goldrush Festival in October, Cooloola Seafood and Leisure Festival in June, Kilkivan Great Horse Ride in April and the Rainbow Beach Fishing Classic in July.

Gympie Gold Mining & Historical Museum
215 Brisbane Rd
(PO Box 626)
Gympie QLD 4570
Australia