Arts, Culture and Attractions

Explore the rich and diverse Art & Culture and exemplifies the heritage and creativity that is the heart of the Fraser coast.

Galleries & Museums

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery (HBRG) is a public gallery located on Butchulla Country in the…

Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum

The Multi Award Winning Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum features 27 historical buildings housing…

Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum

The unusual, the quirky and eclectic are amongst 7000 items of military and colonial memorabilia,…

Bauple Museum

The Bauple Museum was opened in 2001. An impressive community effort, the museum documents the…

Australiana Cottage Crafts and Herbs

Recognised as one of Australia’s leading Arts and Crafts Galleries, you are sure to be…

Alpha31 Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden

The Art Gallery showcases art of the highest calibre. Its award-winning artists display their art…

Maryboroughs Bollards

Maryboroughs Bollards are seven colourful bollards overlooking the Mary River. They represent a sea captain…

Gatakers Building

Featured on Maryborough’s Walk and Drive Tour – Gatakers Building and the warehouse behind are…

Portside Heritage Gateway

Portside Heritage Gateway – your first port of call. Settled way back in 1847, Maryborough…

The Maryborough Mural Trail

Be inspired by Maryborough’s growing tourist attraction and walk the Mural Trail, telling the quirky…

The Story Bank

Once upon a time, a baby girl was born in the upstairs bedroom at the…

Bond Store

*Due to flooding this year the Bond Store is temporarily closed for building maintenance, we…

Ellena Street Pavement Art and Sculpture

Enjoy tributes to the heritage of Maryborough with the Ellena Street Pavement Artwork. Primary School…

Customs House and Residence

The glorious colonial architecture of the Customs House and Residence, honours the once significant influence…

Maryborough Town Hall Green

For many decades Maryborough Town Hall Green has been a place for residents and visitors…

Mary Ann Steam Engine

The Mary Ann is a replica of the first steam engine built in Queensland in…

Maaroom Picnic Ground

Maaroom is a small, friendly peaceful fishing village on the waterfront of the Great Sandy…

Whale Watching

When it comes to soul-stirring, up close interactions with Humpback Whales, there’s no place like…

Mary Poppins Statue

Located on the corner of Kent and Richmond streets a statue of Mary Poppins stands…

Bird Watching Dolphin Waters

Situated at Burrum Heads, Dophin Waters is a residential area built around a natural waterway…

Lake Birrabeen

The Lake Birrabeen day-use area is on the Southern Lakes scenic drive, 6.6 kilometres south…

Pioneer Country Park

Pioneer Country Park is an important historical site on the Fraser Coast, with a section…

Coonarr

Coonarr Beach is a 4.2 kilometre long, east facing beach that begins amongst the tidal…

Lenthalls Dam

Lenthalls Dam is an ideal picnic and fishing spot with barbecue facilities, picnic shelter and…

Queens Park In Maryborough

Queens Park was established in 1860 and many of its beautiful huge trees were planted…

Band Rotunda and Fairy Fountain

Miss Janet Melville bequeathed the Fairy Fountain and Band Rotunda in memory of her brother…

Mary River

The Mary River has been known by many names, with the Aborigines calling the river…

Birthplace of PL Travers

Featured on Maryborough’s Walk and Drive Tour – this rendered brick building, the Former Australian…

Hervey Bay Recreation Pathways

Walk, cycle, skateboard, scoot or rollerblade along Hervey Bays Recreation Pathways along either 15 kilometres…

Bridge Creek War Memorial Bridge

A timber bridge over a small creek west of Maryborough leads nowhere today yet it…

The Cathedrals

The Cathedrals on Fraser Island are coloured sand cliffs that have been sculpted by the…

Birdwatching on the Fraser Coast

The Fraser Coast offers a great range of birdwatching opportunities with over 250 species identified….

Petrie Park

Petrie Park is just one of the many family-friendly parks available on the Fraser Coast….

Brooklyn House Howard

Brooklyn House was built for William Rankin by Howard carpenter, Stephen Ward, in 1890. Rankin…

Great Sandy Biosphere

In 2009, the Great Sandy region was awarded Biosphere Reserve status by UNESCO, the global…

264 Kent Street

264 Kent Street is another great addition to the variety of historically significant buildings to…

Mary River Parklands

The historic Port of Maryborough area has been transformed into a stunning public park complete…

Cenotaph and Memorial Gates

The Maryborough Cenotaph was erected in 1922 with funds obtained by public subscription as a…

Maryborough City Hall

Fay Smith Wetlands

For a different experience on the Fraser Coast, walk through one of the last remaining…

Wongi State Forest

Immerse yourself in a landscape of fragrant pine plantations and eucalypt forests surrounding a string…

St Pauls Anglican Church Maryborough

Maryborough Anglican Parish is one of the oldest parishes in Queensland with its beginnings traceable…

Old Maryborough Railway Station

Built in 1882, the heritage listed Maryborough Railway Station features a Victorian design. The stationmaster’s…

Pile Valley Circuit

The Pile Valley circuit is a four-kilometre circuit that will take you to another world…

K’gari (Fraser Island), Great Sandy National Park

More than a million years in the making, World Heritage-listed K’gari (Fraser Island), in the…

Arkarra Lagoons and Tea Gardens

The name Arkarra – meaning “place of many ducks”, was given to the lagoons by…