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Hervey Bay is one of Queensland's best natural holiday destinations offering convenient access to World Heritage listed Fraser Island - the largest sand island in the world, and Lady Elliot Island - the first coral quay on the Great Barrier Reef.

Long sandy beaches and colourful communities such as Burrum Heads, Howard, Toogoom and Torbanlea fringe its safe sheltered waters.

Hervey Bay boasts an aquatic environment that features coral and artificial reefs all teeming with abundant marine life. Whale watching is a must between August and October. Boating and fishing enthusiasts will find the estuary, beach, jetty or reef and game fishing to their liking.

Alternatively, simply enjoy a bicycle ride along the picturesque foreshore, visiting places such as the Botanical Gardens or the Urangan Boat harbour, or one of the many restaurants and cafes situated along the Esplanade.

Things to see & do

  • See the majestic Humpback Whales from Aug - Oct
  • Join in the whale festival in August - an aquatic carnival complete with floats
  • A variety of water sports - diving, water and jet skiing, wind surfing and snorkelling
  • Burrum Mining Museum - located at Torbanlea
  • Hervey Bay Historical Museum
  • Natureworld
  • Neptunes Reefworld - Located at Urangan
  • Vic Hislop's Shark Show - located at Urangan

Fraser Island

Located just off the coast from Hervey Bay, World Heritage listed Fraser Island will leave you feeling charmed and captivated. Spanning 124 kilometres and covering an area of 163 000 hectares, Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and the only place on the planet where rainforest grows from sand.

An ecological masterpiece of giant sand dunes, rainforests, streams and perched fresh water lakes, Fraser is a nature lover's dream. Its Aboriginal name "K'Gari" appropriately means paradise.

An exceptional range of flora is found on Fraser Island. Cool and peaceful rainforests of towering Satinay and Brush Box trees, some over 1,000 years old, contrast with swampy wetlands, heathlands full of wild flowers and coastal strands of Pandanus palms.

Things to see & do

  • Humpback whales frolic with their young on the western side of Fraser between August and October
  • The wreck of the Maheno (formerly a World War I hospital ship)
  • Central Station
  • Lake McKenzie
  • Lake Wabby
  • Eli Creek
  • The Cathedral Sandhills
  • The Champagne Pools

Hervey Bay Colonial Lodge
94 Cypress Street
Torquay, QLD, 4655
Tel: 07 4125 1073

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