Extensive exotic-pine plantations stretch from Tin Can Bay to Boonaroo, with small patches of melaleuca wetlands and open eucalyptus forest, plus mangrove-lined estuaries.
Tuan State Forest
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
23.23 MILES
This great bowl of wind-blown sand above Rainbow Beach is arrestingly beautiful. Named for a crew-member on Cook's first voyage to these parts, it's…
13.73 MILES
This National Trust–classified store traded for 100 years (1871 to 1972) before closing its doors. Two generations of owners had kept a lot of old stock …
13.73 MILES
In the historic area beside the Mary River, Portside has 13 heritage-listed buildings, parkland and museums. The Portside Centre, located in the former…
Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum
13.67 MILES
Occupying a brick warehouse built for JE Brown in 1879, this museum houses over 7000 military and colonial artefacts. Check out the only surviving three…
13.71 MILES
Upstairs, in a bedroom of the former Australian Joint Stock Bank (c 1882), Helen Goff (aka PL Travers), the author of the Mary Poppins stories, was born…
Maryborough Family Heritage Institute
13.73 MILES
Occupying a handsome Bank of New South Wales building from 1878, this heritage centre houses colonial immigration records from ships logs, and offers…
13.67 MILES
Inside the restored Gatakers Buildings (behind the Military & Colonial Museum) are four galleries exhibiting contemporary art from the region and beyond…
11.43 MILES
Two islands and low-lying coastal plains in the Great Sandy Strait are protected in this park on the mainland.
Nearby Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast attractions
11.43 MILES
Two islands and low-lying coastal plains in the Great Sandy Strait are protected in this park on the mainland.
13.67 MILES
Inside the restored Gatakers Buildings (behind the Military & Colonial Museum) are four galleries exhibiting contemporary art from the region and beyond…
3. Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum
13.67 MILES
Occupying a brick warehouse built for JE Brown in 1879, this museum houses over 7000 military and colonial artefacts. Check out the only surviving three…
13.71 MILES
Upstairs, in a bedroom of the former Australian Joint Stock Bank (c 1882), Helen Goff (aka PL Travers), the author of the Mary Poppins stories, was born…
13.72 MILES
On the street by the neoclassical facade of the former Union Bank (where PL Travers, creator of Mary Poppins was born) is a life-sized statue of the…
13.73 MILES
In the historic area beside the Mary River, Portside has 13 heritage-listed buildings, parkland and museums. The Portside Centre, located in the former…
13.73 MILES
This National Trust–classified store traded for 100 years (1871 to 1972) before closing its doors. Two generations of owners had kept a lot of old stock …
8. Maryborough Family Heritage Institute
13.73 MILES
Occupying a handsome Bank of New South Wales building from 1878, this heritage centre houses colonial immigration records from ships logs, and offers…