Southern Queensland SUPERYACHT GUIDE

FRASER COAST

Eye-catching attractions, engaging encounters

There are many more places to visit on Fraser Island.

Fishing Whether offshore or onshore, Fraser Island and surrounds is an angler’s dream. Beach fishing is popular year- round on Fraser Island’s east coast, with Eurong Beach Resort’s General Store well stocked with fishing equipment. Tailor are highly sought- after and run from May to October.

Bird-watching Bird-watching on the Fraser Coast offers a great cross section of birds to spot with 250 separate species already identified. Every year migratory shorebirds visit Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Strait with the sands and mudflats providing feeding grounds for many birds which have come great distances.

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Relax in the Champagne Pools and visit the most eastern point of Fraser Island, Indian Head. Both are located north on Seventy-Five Mile Beach.

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The flats of Hervey Bay are well known in fishing circles and in the summer months see a wide variety of species from Golden Trevally, Queenfish and even some juvenile Black Marlin cruising the shallow flats. Sports fishing in Hervey Bay is equally in demand, with half-day, full-day or for longer periods available as guided tours through local fishing tour operators , all based locally in Hervey Bay.

Wreck diving on ex-HMAS Tobruk Ex-HMAS Tobruk is one of the world’s newest wreck dives, scuttled halfway between Bundaberg and Hervey Bay in the Great Sandy Marine Park in mid-2018. As an ex-heavy-lift landing ship, it is much more open than a standard military wreck. The wreck is already popular, with marine life including turtles and rays having taken up permanent residence. It rests in 30m of water, but the shallowest part of the wreck lies in only 10.9m of water, making it easily accessible by Open Water- certified divers. Approved dive operators based in Hervey Bay with dive permits for the wreck are Hervey Bay Dive Centre and Tobruk Dive Centre .

The Great Walk Hammerstone Sandblow around Lake Wabby is atop one of the very tall sand dunes that tower above Seventy-Five Mile Beach.

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The Fraser Coast is also celebrated for its local seafood including prawns, scallops, crabs and oysters with fisheries based in Urangan able to supply fresh seafood products. The Hervey Bay Seafood Festival is held in August.

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There are also many forest walks and hikes accompanied by a ranger who can share the unique stories about this world-acclaimed natural eco- system.

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