natural wonder
K'gari (Fraser Island)
UNESCO-listed world's largest sand island, with ancient rainforests growing on sand, perched lakes, and coloured sand cliffs.
37 km · about 45 min drive
Queensland, Australia · Oceania
Hervey Bay sits on the route: 10 minutes from Eli Waters, 37km from K'gari (Fraser Island).
Hervey Bay is a town located in Queensland, Australia. With a population of 52,230, it is an important destination in Oceania.
On a road trip, Hervey Bay sits in Australia, where you drive on the left. It's in the Australia/Brisbane time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Hervey Bay to your route.
Hervey Bay ( HAR-vee) is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) or 3½ hours' highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is located on the bay of the same name open to the Coral Sea between the Queensland mainlandRead more
and nearby K'gari (also known as Fraser Island). The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the north, ferry access to K'gari, accessible recreational fishing and boating and the natural north facing, calm beaches with wide undeveloped foreshore zones. In October 2019, Hervey Bay was named the First Whale Heritage Site in the world by the World Cetacean Alliance, for its commitment to and practices of sustainable whale and dolphin watching.
In the 2021 census, Hervey Bay had a population of 57,722 people. A 2010 study by Deakin University showed that people on the Fraser Coast area including Hervey Bay, were the happiest in Australia.
The area that became Hervey Bay is on the traditional lands of the Butchulla people. The city takes its name from Hervey Bay, named by James Cook in 1770 in honour of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol. Several small townships developed along the bayside, the earliest being Pialba in 1863. From 1863 to 1906, the Wide Bay region became a central part of the Pacific Slave trade, with more than 12 thousand South Sea Islanders brought to the cotton and sugarcane plantations in Maryborough and Hervey Bay. During World War II, the region operated a training school for the Z Special Unit special forces. Hervey Bay boomed from the 1980s on and was proclaimed a city in 1984.
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Hervey Bay is located in Queensland, Australia, Oceania. The coordinates are -25.2876 latitude, 152.7694 longitude.
Hervey Bay has a population of approximately 52,230 people, making it a town in Australia.
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UNESCO-listed world's largest sand island, with ancient rainforests growing on sand, perched lakes, and coloured sand cliffs.
37 km · about 45 min drive
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