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Lady Elliot Island , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The Maori Wrasse Bommie off Lady Elliot Island in the Great Barrier Reef takes its name from the family of Wrasse which frequent the area. Reef sharks are frequently seen patrolling the nearby reef wall & arches area.
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Lady Elliot Island , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The Maori Wrasse Bommie off Lady Elliot Island in the Great Barrier Reef takes its name from the family of Wrasse which frequent the area. Reef sharks are frequently seen patrolling the nearby reef wall & arches area.
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The Mary Ann is a replica of the first steam engine built in Queensland in 1873 at John Walker and Co's Union Foundry. It steams through the park along the rail tracks which were laid to service the wharves and Walker's Foundry. The Mary Ann operates on Thursdays in conjunction with the Maryborough Heritage City Market |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - the first public hospital outside Brisbane was established in Maryborough in 1856. This was replaced by a two storey building in Lennox Street in 1864.
The present hospital was opened in May 1887 at a cost of £13,000. The original buildings remain, though they're hidden |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The third official Maryborough cemetery was established in 1873 and burials were on a strictly denominational basis. The cemetery contains many fine examples of early Queensland monumental art. The Mortuary Chapel, was built 1883, and designed so horse drawn vehicles could pass through or shelter there. Low shelf seat |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - The Court House was built in 1877 on the site of the former Immigration Barracks. Colonial Architect F D G Stanley designed the building for the State Lands Office and local builder J T Annear completed it for the sum of 7,345 pound. The slate roof is gone but the cross b |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Freemasonry was first established in Maryborough in 1870, sponsored by the Irish Union Concert Constitution, with meetings being held in the old Baptist Chapel in Lennox Street. The first freemason temple was built in 1877 in Bazaar Street and the present building located in Kent Street was completed in 1960. |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Maryborough Heritage Centre was built for the Bank of New South Wales in 1878. Iron columns support the verandahs which are decorated with fine iron lace balustrades upstairs and wrought iron on the lower level. During the Gympie gold rush, four million ounces of gold passed through the major banks in Maryborough. Com |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Built in 1882, the heritage listed Maryborough Railway Station features a Victorian design. The stationmaster’s residence has much of the character of larger Queensland houses of that era. The railway complex also houses the Whistlestop Museum, which documents Maryborough’s impressive rail history.
The first sod for t |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Maryborough State High School became amalgamated in 1974; prior to this it was a split school with Kent Street separating them.
The former Boys Grammar School was built in 1881. It is a two storey Victorian Gothic design with decorated bargeboards and verandah valences. |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Featured on the Maryborough Heritage City Walk and Drive Tour - the first Maryborough sugar to be manufactured was in 1864 when John Buhot demonstrated sugar making using cane grown from John Eatons plantation Rose Hill Estate. The Maryborough Sugar Factory began in 1886 as a juice mill in the Island Plantation area. |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Maryborough's Glory Hole is now a featured part of the Ululah Lagoon. It is believed to have been built as early as the 1880s. The Glory Hole is of a rare design and outdates any other work in Australia by 80 years, making it historically significant as an engineering work of art. |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The beginning of the First World War saw the Royal Australian Navy begin the process of updating its armoury. They presented the three guns, located in Queens Park overlooking the Mary River, as a gift to the City of Maryborough. The three guns were relocated to this position in 1914. |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Children and adults can climb onboard one of the many miniature steam engines at Melsa, which run on a circuit around Queens Park. The sight of little legs – and not so little legs – dangling from tiny carriages as the trains weave around the track is guaranteed to delight.
It's a tradition begun by the city's Model |
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Bundaberg , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Mon Repos Conservation Park is world famous for its marine turtles. Loggerhead, Flatback and Green turtles nest on an accessible mainland beach. The park is also home to Woongarra Rainforest remnants, mangroves, a tidal lagoon and historic sites. In winter and spring, take quiet beach walks, watch birds or explore rock |
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Monto , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Monal Creek Wine and Cania Gorge Fortified Wines also known as Waratah Vineyards is the first commercial vineyard in the Monto district and is the home of Monal creek wine. The first vines were planted in 1998 and there are now 3.2 hectares of Verdelho, Viognier, Shiraz, Merlot and Petit Verdot.
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Kingaroy , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Mount Wooroolin lookout is located just over four kilometres west of Kingaroy along Haly Street; the Kingaroy Shire Council developed it in 1988 as a bicentennial project. There is a grassed area available for picnics with tables and wood barbecues. Visitors are advised to take care while ascending or descending the na |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| The Maryborough Art Society is located in the Winter Garden Theatre Building. The gallery is home to constantly changing exhibitions of work by local and regional artists.
The gallery is operated by volunteers and entry to the gallery is free and the premises are wheelchair friendly. The annual Art Festival and Co |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Featured on Maryborough's Walk and Drive Tour - Oonooraba, named after an aboriginal word for gathering place, is a Maryborough residence designed by Henry Mail Addison. It was built in 1892 for Mayor James Stafford. It was once set on six acres overlooking Ululah Lagoon. The original cast iron lacework around the ver |
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Maryborough , Fraser Coast & Hervey Bay |
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| Pioneer graves help to create a sense of history when visiting the Original Maryborough site, known as the Wide Bay Village, it was first settled by Aldridge and the Palmer Brothers in 1848, although George Furber had set up a store and wharf on the opposite bank a year earlier. It was largely abandoned by the mid 1850 |
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Fraser Coast and Hervey Bay
Tours & Attractions
Whalesong Cruises
Let Whalesong Cruises take you to the area where you will get the closest encounters with whales that you will get anywhere in Australia.
MI Helicopters
MI Helicopters offers tours, transfers, scenic flights and lunch packages to suit all your requirements.
Whale, Fishing & Dive Charters
For Whale Watch, Fishing & Dive Charters come aboard Freedom III a luxurious 58ft catamaran owned and operated by a friendly and experienced couple who have lived in the Fraser Coast region for over 24 years.