Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Vietnamese Mini Resturant
( 07-4126 1144; 108 Churchill St; mains from $11; lunch & dinner)
That there's a Vietnamese res-
taurant way out in Childers may come as a shock, but the fact that it's not half bad may be
even more surprising. Definitely worth a stop.
VIETNAMESE
$
Kapé Centro
(65 Churchill St; mains $10-18; 9am-3pm)
Kapé Centro in the old post office building dishes up
light meals, salads and pizzas.
CAFE
$
ICE CREAM
$
Mammino's
(115 Lucketts Rd; ice-cream cups $5; 9am-5pm)
On your way out of town, take a detour to Mam-
mino's for wickedly delicious, home-made macadamia ice cream. Lucketts Rd is off the
Bruce Hwy just south of Childers.
Information
9am-4pm Mon-Fri, to 3pm Sat & Sun)
Beneath the
Childers Visitor Information Centre
(
07-4126 3886;
Childers Palace Memorial & Art Gallery.
Getting There & Away
Childers is 50km southwest of Bundaberg.
Greyhound Australia
( 1300 473 946;
www.greyhound.com.au
)
and
Premier Motor Service
( 13 34 10;
www.premierms.com.au
)
both stop at the
Shell service station north of town and have daily services to/from Brisbane ($86, 6½
hours), Hervey Bay ($17, one hour) and Bunda-berg ($24, 1½ hours).
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Burrum Coast National Park
The Burrum Coast National Park covers two sections of coastline on either side of the
little holiday community of Woodgate, 37km east of Childers. The Woodgate section of
the park begins at the southern end of The Esplanade, and has attractive beaches, abund-
ant fishing and the
NPRSR camping ground
(
www.nprsr.qld.gov.au
;
per person/family $5.15/20.60)
at Bur-
rum Point, reached by a 4WD-only track. Several walking tracks start at the camping
ground or Acacia St in Woodgate. There are more isolated bush-camping areas in the
