Fraser Coast
Nº 43 · 25.4°S 152.7°E · Brisbane 225 km
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In season · September
- Humpback whale migrationWildlifeApril–November
North to calve and south again with the calves alongside, close enough to the coast to watch from the headland.
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Guides to Fraser Coast
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A selection of standout places across Fraser Coast
Fraser Coast Nursery
On Ferry Street in Maryborough, this family-run garden centre has built its…
CoffeeMiss Cocoa's Coffee Roastery
Coffee is roasted on-site each week at this small drive-through operation on…
VintageMrs Banks Antiques
Set in the former Queensland National Bank building on Kent Street, a heritage…
Food & diningPie & Pastry Paradise
The Berkhout family trace their baking back to Dordrecht in Holland in 1902,…
NatureLake McKenzie Kgari
Perched high in the dunes of K'gari (Fraser Island), Lake McKenzie is a perched…
Museums & galleriesMaryborough Regional Art Gallery
Maryborough Regional Art Gallery is a regionally significant gallery in…
Museums & galleries
Bauple Museum
Bauple, QLD
Macadamias were bopple nuts first, named for Bopple Mountain, and the first seed sent to Hawaii in…
Gallipoli to Armistice Memorial
Maryborough, QLD
Gallipoli to Armistice Memorial is a heritage-listed heritage site in Maryborough, QLD. The…
Maryborough Military and Colonial Museum
Maryborough, QLD
John and Else Meyers bought the J. E. Brown building on Wharf Street in 2004 and built a memorial…
Maryborough Regional Art Gallery
Maryborough, QLD
Maryborough Regional Art Gallery is a regionally significant gallery in Maryborough, QLD. The…
Food & dining
Enzo's on the Beach
Scarness, QLD
Right on the Charlton Esplanade opposite Scarness beach, this fully licensed, independently run…
MAD Providore
Maryborough, QLD
A mother-and-daughter venture, the initials give it away, trading from a corner of Maryborough's…
Nilima Indian Restaurant
Torquay, QLD
A family-owned Indian kitchen set just off the Charlton Esplanade at Torquay, this is traditional…
Odyssey Bistro
Scarness, QLD
A compact dining room on the Scarness Esplanade, a short walk from the water, working to a…
Paolo's Pizza Bar
Torquay, QLD
Wood-fired pizza is the anchor here, turned out from a family-run kitchen on the Torquay Esplanade…
Pie & Pastry Paradise
Pialba, QLD
The Berkhout family trace their baking back to Dordrecht in Holland in 1902, and have been at it in…
Santini's Restaurant & Bar
Torquay, QLD
Perched on the Torquay Esplanade with the bay across the road, this is an independently run Italian…
The Dock Bar & Restaurant
Urangan, QLD
Tucked into the marina at Urangan, this owner-run tapas bar looks out over the moored boats toward…
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Tours & walks
Based in Fraser Coast
Air Fraser Island
Harry Geltch began flying joy flights off Fraser Island's 75 Mile Beach in the mid-1970s,…
Based hereFreedom Ecotours
Mark and Andrea Cooper run Hervey Bay whale-watch cruises off Freedom, a 1990 catamaran…
Based hereHervey Bay Dive Centre
Hervey Bay Dive Centre is the family-run, PADI 5-Star operation Rachel skippers out of…
Based hereHervey Bay Whale Watch
Brian and Jill Perry started Australia's first whale-watch operation here in 1987, after…
Departs UranganSalty Safaris Hervey Bay
A Hervey Bay marine operator running whale watching and swim-with-whales tours aboard…
Departs Hervey BayTasman Venture
Lloyd and Robyn Burgess have run boat-based adventures out of the Great Sandy Straits for…
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