.pdf locality map can be downloaded at the bottom of this page

Contact Us

General Enquiries - botanic@mackay.qld.gov.au Phone: 07 4952 7300 Fax: 07 4952 7333

Acting Curator - Dale Arvidsson e-mail: d.arvidsson@mackay.qld.gov.au
Administration - Simone Minnican e-mail: s.minnican@mackay.qld.gov.au
Team Leader - Ross Demuth e-mail: r.demuth@mackay.qld.gov.au

Lagoons Cafe - Ph/Fx: 07 4952 4966

Address

Street Address: 9 Lagoon Street, West Mackay, Q 4740
Postal Address: PO Box 41, Mackay, Q 4740

Open Times

Recommended visiting to the Gardens and toilet facilities is during daylight hours, every day.

Administration is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Our Lagoon's Gallery is open Wednesday through until Friday from 10am until 3pm, Weekends from 9am to 4pm. Click HERE for more details. Special exhibition launches may be outside these times - please contact us for details. Closed Public Holidays

The Lagoon's Cafe is open from Wednesday through until Friday from 10am to 3pm, Weekends from 9am until 4pm. Closed Public Holidays. Click HERE to see more information about the Lagoons Cafe.

Access - Road, Rail and Air

By car from the South:

Drive north along Highway A1/Nebo Road towards Mackay & Proserpine, past the Mackay Tourist Information Centre. You'll see the Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens sign on your right as you cross the railway fly-over. 1 km from the Tourist Centre, turn off to the left into Lagoon Street at a large stand of pine trees and traffic lights. Our carpark entrance is less than 100 metres along Lagoon Street on the left. You can also access the garden's southern precincts by turning left at the Mackay Tourist Information Centre into Ram Chandra Drive, then right about 20 metres along - you'll see the South Sea Island's long house and carpark. Pathways lead into the Gardens from here.

By car from the North:

Drive south along Highway A1, turn right into Highway A1/Nebo Road towards the Mackay Tourist Information and Sarina. Travel along Nebo Road for just under 2 kms - you'll see a large stand of pine trees rising up on the left. Pass the large sign saying "Botanic Gardens turn left 350m". When you reach the pine trees at a set of traffic lights, turn left with care into Lagoon Street. Our carpark entrance is less than 100 metres along Lagoon Street on the left.

Coach & Taxi Access:

The Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens can be accessed by visitors without transport to Mackay city either by coach or by taxi.

Mackay Transit Coaches  Route 2 bus departs from the city on weekdays only, departing Canelands Shopping Centre in Victoria Street at 8:30am, 10am, 11:30am, 1pm, 2:30pm and 4:35pm. The journey takes about 15 minutes. A FREE bus operates on Sunday's - The Mackay Explorer - throughout the city and Mackay Marina. This is a hail and ride service, so if you are along the route - just wait at the kerb anywhere where you can be clearly seen and signal the bus as it approaches. For details of route and times please call 07 4957 3330 or email: sales@mackaytransit.com.au

Taxis can be accessed anywhere, any time of day by calling 131 008 once you are in Mackay.

A Rail & Airport transit coach also operates to the city and select attractions and drop off points for our visitors to Mackay. Please call 07 4957 3330 or email sales@mackaytransit.com.au for details.