Amid reports of a steep decline of Pokemon Go players, a Queensland mother and daughter are bucking the trend.

Fiona Cameron-Roberts and her 15-year-old daughter Hannah from the Sunshine Coast say the international phenomenon has brought them closer together.

"My daughter and her friends were all playing it and … I could see how much fun they were having together," Ms Cameron-Roberts said.

"[Hannah] said 'Mum, Mum you should download it too', so I downloaded it and caught my first Pokemon and then we spent the next couple of hours walking around Cotton Tree, near the surf club, walking up and down the beach catching Pokemon and that was it.

"The thing I love most about Pokemon Go, yes, it's just a game but it's something that my 15-year-old and I can do together and genuinely have fun together.

"It's wonderful to have something we both enjoy and it's not forced and there's a genuine connection, which I really love."

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Daughter Hannah, who dresses as Blanch — one of the game's team leaders — agreed.

"Mum and I have always had quite a close relationship … but I think we've become closer because we have something in common that we actually like," Hannah said.

"I was like 'Oh yay, Mum's having fun'. I finally got her to smile about something."

Ms Cameron-Roberts admitted she'd never approved of the game when her daughter was younger, but has found the game to be "therapeutic" at what has been a turbulent time in her life.

"I actually was made redundant from my job last month and I have to say it has been my Christian faith that has kept me sane but it has been Pokemon Go that has stopped me from grieving too much," she said.

"It's kept me busy, it's kept me out."

She said adventures with her daughter to "catch" the fictional characters on the smart phone app had led the pair to experience parts of the Sunshine Coast they wouldn't ordinarily visit, including Mooloolaba, Noosa National Park, and Point Cartwright. Sunshine Coast mother Fiona Cameron-Roberts enjoys playing Pokemon Go with her teenage daughter Hannah. ( ABC Sunshine Coast: Kylie Bartholomew )

"I don't walk a lot, I never have but I have walked more in the last two months than in the previous 10 years of my entire life," Ms Cameron-Roberts said.

In fact, she has pounded out more than 556 kilometres since July, which has resulted in weight loss and changed her attitude.

"We were out somewhere the other day and we'd parked to go to this particular venue and my daughter wanted a drink," she said.

"I knew where the local supermarket was and normally I would've automatically gone and got in the car and driven there to get her a drink.

"But instead, we just started walking because there was a 'Pokestop' and I didn't even think about it.

"This is just a new me."

Making new connections

The pair regularly travelled to Pokemon hotspots in Brisbane, and said they had made new friends and gained confidence.

"I have a few friends that I had originally before Pokemon Go but we've become closer," Hannah said, adding that their outdoor adventures also led to new connections.

Ms Cameron-Roberts said many of those new friendships would not have otherwise happened. Fiona Cameron-Roberts has walked more than 500 kilometres since July playing Pokemon Go. ( ABC Sunshine Coast: Kylie Bartholomew )

"You meet complete strangers and it could be a different gender, totally different age bracket, different nationality and yet you've both got your phone in your hand and you see that little swirl that someone's trying to catch something and you automatically walk up to them. 'What is it? What is it? What are you catching?'," Ms Cameron-Roberts said.

"I mean you see 80-year-olds playing it … you actually feel part of a community.

"I haven't been looking to see whether people are judging me or not because I'm having fun, I'm not hurting anybody and it's making me fit and healthy, I've lost weight, and I'm happy.

"So if someone's going to judge me for being happy because of a game, I think they've got bigger problems."