Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park
Wycarbah, Rockhampton Area
Attractions
Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park, 36 kilometres west of Rockhampton on the Capricorn Highway, is an internationally known destination for thunderegg fossicking. Thundereggs or 'volcanic birthstones' are crystalline formations that occur when gas bubbles in molten lava solidify on cooling. Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park is also a well-known destination for purchasing semi-precious Australian gemstone products cut and polished in the Mount Hay factory. Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park is also the home of 'Aradon Fine Pewter', where a large range of Australiana gift lines and souvenirs are produced and marketed nationally. Visitors to the park can browse the gift shop and rock garden or go fossicking (tools and assistance provided).
Admission to the park is free (includes a picnic area and barbecues), and there are camping and caravan sites as well as a kiosk. Fees apply to fossicking and camping, and enclosed footwear is required.
Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park
3665 Capricorn Highway,
Wycarbah,
Rockhampton Area
Queensland
4702
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