Elevate your picnic experience this spring by choosing a spot with a water view.

Phillips Botanical Gardens, Maryborough

Facilities: Picnic tables, bench seating, walking track, toilets

Things to do: Take a scenic walk, feed the resident ducks

Goldfields Reservoir, Maryborough

Facilities: Picnic tables, wood fire barbecues, walking track, toilets

Things to do: Swimming, fishing, kayaking/canoeing, nature playground, scenic walk around the lake

Princes Park, Maryborough

Facilities: Picnic tables, electric barbecues, undercover areas, playgrounds, sports ovals, walking track, toilets

Things to do: Swimming, fishing, playgrounds, scenic walk around the lake, see the swans with their cygnets

Tullaroop Reservoir

Facilities: Some picnic tables, woodfired barbecues, toilets

Things to do: Fishing, boating, scenic walks, bird watching