WetSide Waterpark in Hervey Bay
WetSide Waterpark in Hervey Bay
WetSide Waterpark in Hervey Bay

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Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay has an abundance of riches. It’s the stepping off point to World Heritage-listed K’gari-Fraser Island, home to some of the world’s best whale watching encounters in a region recently accredited as a Whale Heritage Site and it has arguably the safest, family friendly beaches on the Queensland coast.

Kick off your shoes and relax. If you want to unwind, Hervey Bay has a laid-back lifestyle that welcomes barefoot walks along the beach, bicycle rides beside the ocean and eating takeaway fish and chips with your fingers. 

Add its proximity to Lady Elliot Island, the southernmost coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef, world-class fishing, year-round swimming and boating and you can understand why visitors flock here. Hervey Bay has five fantastic safe-swimming beaches along its 16km Esplanade foreshore … each with tracts of beautiful sand looking out to calm, protected waters sheltered by K’gari-Fraser Island.

Encounters with humpback whales (season July-October), turtles, dolphins and dugongs are possible through organised tours and by chance while out sailing or cruising on the water and from the beach. Pods of dolphins are often spotted playing off the shoreline or at the end of the Bay’s iconic Urangan Pier, where you can also see schools of fish and rays in the clear waters below.

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Things to do

Pacific Whale Foundation Eco Adventures Australia

Hervey Bay Nature & Wildlife

Great Ocean Helicopters Hervey Bay

Nature & Wildlife

Island Escapes Private Charter – Tasman Venture

Nature & Wildlife

Planet 72 Icecreamery

Food & Drink

Bayaroma Cafe Hervey Bay

Food & Drink

Brilliant Fraser Getaway – The Boat Club

Nature & Wildlife

Hervey Bay Eco Marine Tours

Art, History & Culture

Banksia Seafood and Grill

Food & Drink

Blue Dolphin Fraser Island Eco Adventure Sail

Nature & Wildlife

Hervey Bay Recreation Pathways

Nature & Wildlife

EAT at Dan & Steph’s

Food & Drink

The Dock Hervey Bay

Food & Drink

Freedom Whale Watch and Dive Charters

Nature & Wildlife

Whalesong Cruises – Hervey Bay Sunset Cruise

Sports & Adventure

Salty Squid licensed seafood Bistro

Food & Drink

Fraser Island Boat Charters

Freedom Park

Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Fraser Experience Tours

Nature & Wildlife

Urangan Pier

Hervey Bay Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

Hervey Bay Historical Village and Museum

Art, History & Culture

Boat Club Cinema

Entertainment & Shopping

Fraser Island Hiking

Nature & Wildlife

Enzo’s On The Beach

Food & Drink

El Puerto

Food & Drink

Fisho’s Tackle World Hervey Bay

Entertainment & Shopping

Goody’s on the Beach

Food & Drink

Reefworld Aquarium Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay Nature & Wildlife

Aquavue Cafe Restaurant

Food & Drink

Sweet Escape Yacht Charters

Hervey Bay Sports & Adventure

Bay Central Tavern

Hervey Bay Food & Drink

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery

Hervey Bay Art, History & Culture

Australiana Cottage Crafts and Herbs

Art, History & Culture

Twilight Bay Cruise – The Boat Club

Nature & Wildlife

The Clubhouse Hervey Bay

Food & Drink

Cafe Balaena

Food & Drink

Torquay Hotel Hervey Bay

Food & Drink

Hervey Bay Fly and Sportfishing

Sports & Adventure

Hervey Bay Dive Centre

Nature & Wildlife

CaCh Tours and Events

Wetside Water Park

Hervey Bay Sports & Adventure

Hervey Bay RSL

Food & Drink

Arkarra Lagoons and Tea Gardens

Hervey Bay Nature & Wildlife

Sandy Straits Scenic & Wildlife Cruise – The Boat Club

Nature & Wildlife

Boat Club Whale Watch Hervey Bay

Nature & Wildlife

Remote Fraser Island Tour – Tasman Venture

Nature & Wildlife

Hervey Bay Boat Club

Food & Drink

The Bear – Hervey Bay

Food & Drink

Tasman Venture Whale Watching Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay Nature & Wildlife

Whalesong Cruises – Whale Watching in Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay Nature & Wildlife

Blue Dolphin Champagne Sunset Sail

Hervey Bay Nature & Wildlife

Whalesong Cruises – Fraser Island Beach and Barbecue Cruise

Hervey Bay Sports & Adventure

Fraser Dingo Four Wheel Drive Adventures

Roy Rufus Artificial Reef Dive Site

Nature & Wildlife

Odyssey Bistro

Food & Drink

Fraser Coast Jetski Tours

Sports & Adventure

Fraserjet – Jetski Tours

Sports & Adventure

Blue Dolphin Exclusive Whale Encounter

Hervey Bay Nature & Wildlife

Dayman Park

Historical Sites & Heritage Locations

HMAS Tobruk Dive

Historical Sites & Heritage Locations
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Whale Watching

Natural Attractions
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Book Your Stay In Hervey Bay

Charlton Apartments

Apartments & Hostels

The Bay Apartments Hervey Bay

Apartments & Hostels

Scarness Beachfront Tourist Park

Caravan Parks & Camping

Grand Mercure Allegra Apartments

Apartments & Hostels

Discovery Parks- Fraser Street, Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay Caravan Parks & Camping

Comfort Inn On Main, Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay Hotels & Motels

Tasman Holiday Parks – Fraser Coast

Caravan Parks & Camping

Arlia Sands Apartments

Apartments & Hostels

Ingenia Holidays Hervey Bay

Caravan Parks & Camping

Emeraldene Inn & Eco-Lodge

Apartments & Hostels

Oaks Hervey Bay Resort and Spa

K'gari (Formerly Fraser Island) Apartments & Hostels

Woolshed Eco Lodge

Resorts & Retreats

White Crest Apartments

Apartments & Hostels

Pialba Beachfront Tourist Park

Caravan Parks & Camping

Sanctuary Lakes Fauna Retreat

Caravan Parks & Camping

Best Western Plus Quarterdecks Retreat

Apartments & Hostels

Shelly Bay Resort

Apartments & Hostels

Colonial Village Resort

Caravan Parks & Camping

Sunlodge Tourist Park

Apartments & Hostels

Susan River Homestead

Caravan Parks & Camping

Pier Caravan Park Hervey Bay

Caravan Parks & Camping

Villa Cavour Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay Bed & Breakfast

Mantra Hervey Bay

Apartments & Hostels

Fraser Coast RV Park

Hervey Bay Caravan Parks & Camping

The Grange Resort Hervey Bay

Hotels & Motels

Akama Resort

Apartments & Hostels

BreakFree Great Sandy Straits

Apartments & Hostels

Torquay Beachfront Tourist Park

Caravan Parks & Camping
Plan your visit

If you’re located throughout Queensland, there is a great rail service offered by Queensland Rail to the Fraser Coast region. There are regular daily services operating from Brisbane, Rockhampton and Cairns to Maryborough West train station on the Fraser Coast.

Greyhound and Premier coach lines operate several north and southbound services each day to Maryborough and Hervey Bay. Private shuttle transfers also operate between the Fraser Coast, Brisbane Airport, Brisbane CBD and Sunshine Coast Airport.

If you’d like to make your own adventure and travel self-drive to the Fraser Coast, we have a number of driving itineraries below to get you started. The Fraser Coast is a comfortable three-hour drive north of Queensland’s capital city, Brisbane, along the Bruce Highway.

Once you’ve decided the Fraser Coast is the place to be, it’s time to start planning that holiday. We’ve got all the resources you could need to get started. For more information, phone the Hervey Bay Visitor Information Centre on 1800 811 728.

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