Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Bundaberg’s biggest claim to fame is the iconic Bundaberg Rum: you’ll see the brand's unmistakable polar bear on billboards and bumper stickers all over…
Must-see attractions in Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
The largest population of marine turtles on Australia's east coast arrives on the beach at Mon Repos every summer, the pregnant loggerheads dragging…
Hervey Bay
Home to both the Fraser Coast Discovery Sphere and Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, this boldly designed cultural centre is landmarked by 'Nala', the 20-tonne…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Shifting between a lowland vegetation of stringybark trees, dense mangroves and flat coastal dunes, Burrum Coast National Park is a popular spot for…
Fraser Island
The Maheno was a passenger liner that was blown ashore by a cyclone in 1935, while being towed to a Japanese scrap yard. Its photogenic, oxidised bones,…
Fraser Island
Make sure you break your 4WD safari at these multicoloured sand cliffs – they're a photographer's delight.
Rainbow Beach
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…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
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 …
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
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
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
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…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
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…
Childers Palace Memorial & Art Gallery
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Fifteen backpackers tragically died when the hostel that once operated here was consumed by a deliberately-lit fire in 2000. The two-storey balconied…
Maryborough Family Heritage Institute
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Occupying a handsome Bank of New South Wales building from 1878, this heritage centre houses colonial immigration records from ships logs, and offers…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Bundaberg's nonalcoholic ginger beer and other soft drinks aren't as famous as Bundy Rum, but they run a deserved close second. Visit the Barrel to take…
Hervey Bay
On hot days, this watery playground on the foreshore can't be beaten. There’s plenty of shade, gorgeous old trees, a cafe, fountains, tipping buckets and…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Inside the restored Gatakers Buildings (behind the Military & Colonial Museum) are four galleries exhibiting contemporary art from the region and beyond…
Gympie Gold Mining & Historical Museum
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Spread over 15 historical buildings, Gympie's gold-mining museum holds a diverse collection of mining equipment and steam engines. There's a decent cafe,…
Hervey Bay
This historic pier (c 1913–17), jutting nearly 1km into the Great Sandy Strait, makes for a fine stroll where you may spot a pod of dolphins or snap a…
Fraser Island
Dating from 1870, this heritage lighthouse sits on the northernmost tip of Fraser Island. Only hikers and intrepid 4WD drivers can get here, and the…
Fraser Island
Named by Captain Cook for the 'Indians' he saw assembled there, this headland offers fantastic sea views, and occasional sightings of whales, dolphins and…
Fraser Island
This lovely stretch of Fraser Island's east coast can pose complications for 4WDers trying to pass at high tide.
Fraser Island
Two islands and low-lying coastal plains in the Great Sandy Strait are protected in this park on the mainland.
Fraser Island
Some of the largest remaining trees on Fraser Island are found here.
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Sitting in Bundaberg's Botanical Gardens, this modern glass-and-steel museum brings aviation to life through multimedia exhibits, six refurbished aircraft…
Maryborough Heritage City Market
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
This weekly food- and goods-market is made all the more entertaining by the 1pm firing of the historic Time Cannon by Maryborough's 'ambassadors' – the…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
This lovely sprawling park beside the Burnett River holds plenty of shady trees, flower beds, old cannon, a rotunda and swaths of green lawn for a…
Hervey Bay
In operation since 1979, this small family-run aquarium is popular for its interactive fish-feeding sessions at 11am and 2.30pm. You can also take a 30…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
The Old Pharmacy was an operational apothecary's shop between 1894 to 1982, and also functioned as the town dentist, vet, optician and local photographer…
Bundaberg Regional Arts Gallery
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Known by the acronym BRAG, this small (and vividly purple) gallery has surprisingly good exhibitions, representing the local area and various 20th-century…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
These Heritage-listed botanical gardens are some of the oldest in Australia. With lush lawns, fountains, memorials and a profusion of glorious trees …
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
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…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Extensive exotic-pine plantations stretch from Tin Can Bay to Boonaroo, with small patches of melaleuca wetlands and open eucalyptus forest, plus mangrove…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
On the highway north of town, this museum displays memorabilia and equipment from the region's old logging days. The huge steam-driven sawmill is…
Fraser Island
Named for the Maheno shipwreck, this 9km stretch of beach runs from the Pinnacles to Eli Creek.
