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Hervey Bay 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 mainland and nearby Fraser Island. The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the north, ferry access to Fraser Island, 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. A 2010 study by Deakin University showed that people on the Fraser Coast area including Hervey Bay, were the happiest in Australia. At June 2018, there were an estimated 54,674 people in Hervey Bay, having grown by an annual average of 1.31% year-on-year over the preceding five years.
Aberystwyth railway station is a railway station in the town of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. It is served by passenger trains operated by Transport for Wales: it is the terminus of the Cambrian Line 81+1⁄2 miles (131.2 km) west of Shrewsbury. It is also the terminus of the narrow-gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway.
The Great Sandy Strait is a strait in the Australian state of Queensland of 70 kilometres (43 mi) length which separates mainland Queensland from Fraser Island. It is also a locality in the Fraser Coast Region local government area. In the 2016 census, Great Sandy Strait had a population of 4 people.
Torquay is a coastal suburb in Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Torquay had a population of 6,316 people.
Urangan Pier is a historic pier in Urangan, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Goodwood railway station is a closed railway station on the North Coast railway line, Queensland. The Goodwood railway station building was donated to Hervey Bay museum on Zephyr Street after the station itself closed. There is nothing of the station left.
Hervey Bay railway line, sometimes known as Urangan railway line, is a closed railway line in Queensland, Australia. It was opened in 1896 to Pialba and it was extended to Urangan in 1913. It was extended to the end of the Urangan Pier in 1917, along with the opening of the pier. It was closed in 1993.
Pialba is a coastal town and central business suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Pialba had a population of 3,678 people.
Urangan is a coastal suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Urangan had a population of 9,764 people.
The Port of Maryborough, Queensland, was opened in 1847 and in 1859 it was declared a port of entry, meaning that overseas and intercolonial vessels could arrive and depart direct, although there appears to have been considerable uncertainty about the name of the port outside Queensland for some years. Customs officials elsewhere and such publications as the Mercantile Navy List frequently called the port "Wide Bay" well into the 1860s.
Kawungan is a suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Kawungan had a population of 4,816 people.
Hervey Range is a rural locality split between the City of Townsville and the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Hervey Range had a population of 279 people.
Torbanlea is a rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Torbanlea had a population of 791 people.
Maryborough railway station is a heritage-listed railway station at Lennox Street, Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is on the North Coast line serving the city of Maryborough. It was designed by Chief Engineer of the Queensland Railways Department and built from 1878 to 1890 by John Roddam & John Walker. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Nikenbah is a rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census the locality of Nikenbah had a population of 657 people.
Pialba Memorial Cenotaph is a heritage-listed memorial at Freedom Park, Main Street, Pialba, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Philip Oliver Ellard Hawkes and built from 1918 to 1921 by Frederick William Webb. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 May 2016. It is also known as the Pialba War Memorial and the Hervey Bay War Memorial.
Walligan is a rural locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Walligan had a population of 377 people.
Hervey Bay is a bay of the Coral Sea in the Bundaberg Region and Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. It is known for its whale watching.
Greenvale railway line is in northern Queensland, Australia. It carries nickel ore from a mine in Greenvale to the Queensland Nickel's refinery in Yabulu, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Townsville.
Maryborough–Hervey Bay Road is a continuous 44.9 kilometres (27.9 mi) road route in the Fraser Coast region of Queensland, Australia. The entire route is signed as State Route 57. It is a state-controlled regional road .
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- ↑ "Urangan branch". Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ↑ "Colton". Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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