Gladstone Regional Council has tied for the title of Queensland's Healthiest Community at the Healthy Queensland Awards.

Council was named joint winner of the title 'Queensland's healthiest community', at the inaugural awards on August 26 and was awarded a $600,000 slice of the coveted $1 million prize on offer for its Healthy Active Gladstone Region (HAGR) initiative.

HAGR committee chairperson Deputy Mayor Gail Sellers was on hand to accept the win on behalf of Council and said even though she'd gone into the awards with a quiet confidence, she had been "overwhelmed by the announcement".

"A lot of hard work was put into developing the Healthy Active Gladstone Region initiative by Council and the team at Amarna, and its message of 'Be Smart, Take Part' has really been embraced by the Gladstone Region community," she said.

"Although we knew our chances were good, there were lots of quality programs in the running, so we were completely over-whelmed with the win. The $600,000 that was just beyond our expectations and, we still cannot wipe the smiles off our faces."

Cr Sellers said Council would use its share of the prize pool to create a number of all-ages activity areas in communities around the Gladstone Region.

The activity areas may include fitness stations, shade structures, seating, water bubblers and signage.

Additionally, Council will use part of the funds to keep the HAGR program, launched in February this year, up and running.

"We believe that if we can keep the initiative going, we can further develop the program's message and really entrench it in the minds and hearts of the Gladstone Region community, so it will be self-sustaining for years to come," Cr Sellers said.

"This will involve, among other things, reaching out to the community and calling for more Healthy Active Ambassadors and Council, once it has workded out the finer details on the project's extension, will keep the community up-to-date and informed on the program's going development."

Deputy Premier and Minster for Health Paul Lucas, who hosted the awards in Brisbane, congratulated Council on the win and its vision for a healthier community.

Cr Sellers said she would like to thank the entire HAGR community committee for their tireless work on the project.

"Our committee members donated countless hours towards developing the program, so on behalf of Council and the Gladstone Region community I would like to thank Crystal McGregor from Amarna, community nutritionist Nicole Starkey, Council's Sports & Recreation Officers James Black and Steve Bankier, Councillor Maxine Brushe, Kristy Glover, Melissa Walls and Brett Stevens. You all did a fantastic job," she said.

Healthy Active Gladstone Region is a strategy to get the inactive active and the unhealthy healthy.

A range of projects have been developed under the initiative to assist residents, organisations and businesses of the Gladstone Region to "Be Smart, Take Part".