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Approximately 25 km south of Gympie, the town of Amamoor hosts the annual National Country Music Muster. Held over six days and nights in August in the [[Amamoor Forest Reserve]],<ref name="asf">{{cite web |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/amamoor/camping.html |title=Amamoor State Forest and Forest Reserve – Camping information |publisher=Department of Environment and Resource Management |date=14 October 2011 |access-date=20 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509195323/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/amamoor/camping.html |archive-date=9 May 2012}}</ref> the Muster is the largest outdoor country music festival in Australia.
Gympie's Mary St offers a wide array of bars, cafes, and shops with 19th Century Victorian architecture. The historic Railway Hotel was built in 1915 and is listed on the [[Queensland Heritage Register]].<ref name="poh">{{Cite news |url=http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2012/01/17/piece-of-history-goes-on-the-block/ |title=Piece of history goes on the block |author=Lee Gailer |access-date=6 May 2012 |date=17 January 2012 |newspaper=[[The Gympie Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202054912/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2012/01/17/piece-of-history-goes-on-the-block/ |archive-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> The Gympie Town Hall Reserve Complex, built in 1890, was added to the Queensland Heritage Register in 2011.<ref name="shl">{{cite web |url=http://www.qldheritage.org.au/state-heritage-listing-for-gympie-icon.html |title=State heritage listing for Gympie icon |date=9 September 2012 |publisher=Queensland Heritage Council |access-date=21 May 2012
[[Mothar Mountain Speedway]] is Gympie's local Speedway track. With a history spanning over 50 years, It's most well known feature is the unique right hand kink. The venue hosts a variety of Classes including SSA Modified Sedans, SSA Super Sedans, SSA Junior Sedans SSA Production Sedans, SSA Street Stocks, Modlites and Late Models.
The annual [[Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival]] is held in Gympie in March.
24 km south-east of Gympie, [[Woondum National Park]] provides access to subtropical rainforest, creeks and granite outcrops.<ref name="wnp">{{cite web |title=Woondum National Park |date=9 June 2011 |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/woondum/index.html
About 30 minutes' drive east of Gympie is [[Tin Can Bay]], where one can hand-feed [[Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin]]s. The feeding is regulated for the protection of the dolphins.
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