Goomboora Park Cairns

Goomboora Park is an awesome place for families. It has play equipment and lots of lawn for children to play. It has park benches, tables, BBQ facilities and more.

Sheltered picnic tables are scattered around the park. It is a good park to have a picnic in, with shade and surrounded by beautiful trees. There are toilets and car parking at the park.

Goomboora Park Opening Hours

The park is listed as being open from 5am to 7:30pm. That said, it is pretty hard to lock people out of public parks.

Is Goomboora Park Open?

The park is open 7 days a week. There are a few days every year when the creek is in flood. After this Council Officers need time to clear the park of debris and any vegetation deposited from the flooding. The park is closed at these times.

Goomboora Park Prices

Council parks can be accessed free of charge.

Goomboora Park Booking

However, if you want to hold an event at the park you need to book with the Cairns Regional Council to secure a particular shelter and a table. Otherwise you just have to take what you can get on the day.

Goomboora Park Flooding

Goomboora Park Playground

Goomboora Adventure Playground and Park, hands down has to be one of the best spots in Cairns for children. Older children can easily spend hours entertaining themselves at this park.

Children can easily spend hours entertaining themselves at this park. Take them for a splash in the creek, to kick a ball around, or even go for a bike ride or take the dog for a run around. In addition, there is play equipment with an obstacle course, rope climbing trellis and two flying foxes.

Goomboora Dog Park

The area to the north of the central internal access in Goomboora park is a designated ‘off leash’ area for dogs.

While dogs ‘on lead’ are permitted throughout the park, they are not allowed in the playground area.

Dogs are social animals by nature so it’s important to walk your dog regularly to help your pooch socialise with people and other dogs. It’s also a great way to relieve boredom, which is one of the most common reasons dogs misbehave.

Whenever you are out and about with your dog it’s compulsory to:

• Have your dog on a leash (unless in a dog off-leash area)
• Use designated dog off-leash areas if your dog is off lead.
• Pick up their poop.

There is an on-the-spot fine for not adhering to these rules.

Goomboora Park Map

Goomboora Creek

There is a creek at the park. Indeed, Freshwater Creek passes right through the park, offering park users the opportunity to take a swim and cool off from the tropical heat.

Goomboora Park Fishing

Fishing in Freshwater Creek is a popular pastime, with the system known to contain mangrove jack, barramundi and jungle perch. However we do not recommend fishing in Goomboora Park.

Fishers and other recreational users of the creek should be very careful when they proceed downstream, as salt water crocodiles are known to frequent the area. Locals and visitors alike are reminded to be croc safe in croc-country.

Other Goomboora Park Facilities

Public Toilets

There are public toilets located within the park. These toilets are listed on the national public toilet map as having wheelchair access and being open during daylight hours.

Car Parking

There is considerable parking available. However, some weekends the carpark is overflowing due to events and the popularity of this park. The beautiful trees arching over the road (near the parking area) creates a wonderful visual.

Other Local Parks

In addition, there are a number of other Cairns parks and green spaces to enjoy. So some of them are:

• Centenary Lakes
• Glenoma Park
• Ryan Weare Park
• Touch Park

Thank you for reading about other great green spaces. Enjoy the park at your convenience, but if you need exclusive use you can make a request with Cairns Council by phoning 4044 3044.

However, please dispose of any rubbish you have in a bin. We should always leave our parks and green spaces just as we found them.

Thank you for reading about Goomboora Park

Other Relevant Material

• Cairns History
• Cairns Parks

Other Areas

• Cairns West
• Central Cairns
• Mount Whitfield
• North Cairns
• South Cairns

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