Nature & Wildlife

The Valley of the Giants is on the Fraser Island Great Walk and you can camp in this lush rainforest in the central dunes. After a day on the Fraser Island Great Walk, you’ll enjoy the chance to relax and take ...

Situated at Burrum Heads, Dophin Waters is a residential area built around a natural waterway and small forested area which is a magnet for various bird species and a drawcard for local and visiting bird watche...

The War Memorial, with a digger statue, commemorates those who served in World Wars One and Two and the South African (Boer) War. It also contains a tablet erected to commemorate King George V. It was original...

The Lake Birrabeen day-use area is on the Southern Lakes scenic drive, 6.6 kilometres south of the Central Station day-use area and 21 kilometres north of the eastern beach at Dilli Village. The Southern Lakes ...

Discover how ordinary Australians can achieve extraordinary things on this unique walking trail. Located in Maryborough's Portside Heritage Precinct, the Achievers Walk takes you past a series of plaques mounte...

Boat Club Whale Watch and Adventure Cruises provide excellent value whale watching and day tours, departing year-round from Hervey Bay. Join them for a world-class, half-day whale watch aboard the purpose-buil...

Eli Creek, the largest creek on the eastern beach of Fraser Island, pours up to four million litres of clear, fresh water into the ocean every hour. Eli Creek is a popular picnic and swimming spot, with a boar...

Quick Cat II was operated by Brian and Jill Perry for 30 years who founded the industry in 1987. The company was sold to the Peaker family in 2017. Offering half-day whale watching cruises during the whale seas...

Immerse yourself in a landscape of fragrant pine plantations and eucalypt forests surrounding a string of beautiful waterholes, fringed by paperbarks and rushes in Wongi State Forest. A photographer's dream, t...

Pioneer Country Park is an important historical site on the Fraser Coast, with a section of the eastern boundary once part of Eaton Vale Station, the first European occupation in the district. It was also the ...

Home of the world’s first Whale Heritage Site, the shallow and sheltered waters of Platypus Bay, just 40-minutes from Hervey Bay’s Great Sandy Strait Marina, is the ideal spot for whale watching during the wint...

Experience the Ultimate Australian Beach 4WDriving and Camping Adventure on the worlds largest Sand Island, aka Fraser Island with Pippies K'gari Adventures. Their 3 day and 2-night Fraser Island tour package w...

Lenthalls Dam is an ideal picnic and fishing spot with barbecue facilities, picnic shelter and tables, walking tracks and a small boat ramp provided. Built in 1984 on the Burrum River, about 30 kilometres nor...

The Hervey Bay Boat Club's world-class whale watching tour departs daily aboard the recently upgraded vessel Amaroo. Hervey Bay is the best destination in the world to watch humpback whales, and the Amaroo is p...

Watermark Sailing offers fresh and exclusive sailing experiences aboard the sensational 17.5m sailing catamaran, Watermark. Being the largest sailing vessel in the Hervey Bay fleet, Watermark provides you a co...

The marina, also known as the Port of Maryborough, is home to the last remnants of original wharves and is a must-see for those visiting. A deeper site was selected to replace the first shallow port of Marybor...

The Pile Valley circuit is a four-kilometre circuit that will take you to another world where giant Fraser Island Satinay (hardwood) trees will tower over you having watched over this space for centuries. Durin...

Be one of the few, not the many, to experience their award-winning Exclusive Full Day Whale Watch (mid July to late October). For an up close and personal experience that you will never forget, see the magnifi...

For a different experience on the Fraser Coast, walk through one of the last remaining wetlands in the Maryborough area, Fay Smith Wetlands. There is a series of walking bridges and walking trails through the ...

Experience an unforgettable up-close wildlife encounter with the majestic humpback whales, on a K'gari (Fraser Island) Whale Watch Cruise. Regarded as the whale watching capital of the world, the calm, clear an...

A tranquil two-hour evening cruise through the pristine waters of the Sandy Straits at twilight watching the sunset over Hervey Bay, the perfect appetiser for your evening ahead. Enjoy a complimentary glass of...

Lady Elliot Island is a coral cay located at the southern tip of Australia's iconic Great Barrier Reef (north of Fraser Island). The island is regarded as one of the best snorkelling and diving destinations in ...

Experience the trip of a lifetime aboard the luxurious and fast 20 metre catamaran, Tasman Venture. Let the humpback whales amaze you with their close encounters, magical songs through the hydrophone, spectacul...

Freedom Park is in the historical heart of Hervey Bay. The Pialba War Memorial, unveiled in 1921 to commemorate the men from the district who served in World War I, forms the centre of a memorial complex that...