With a marvellous climate and wonderful calm water beaches ideal for swimming all year round , it is a well known aquatic playground.

 

Whatever your needs may be : water sports tours of adjacent world heritage Fraser Island, fishing trips, coral viewing trips, diving, scenic flights, whale watching (August to October), or just relaxing, Hervey Bay is ideally situated to provide these services.

In recent years, the region has become famous as the playground of the majestic Humpback Whales on their return to the Antarctic. From August to October, the whales frolic in the warm sheltered waters of the bay, putting on a spectacular display for their admirers.

Celebrating the return of the Humpback Whales each year, Hervey Bay stages a Whale Festival for two weeks in August. An aquatic carnival, including an illuminated procession of floats, is the highlight of this fun-filled fortnight.

But there is much more to Hervey Bay, with its many attractions centring around its safe and sheltered waters and golden beaches. Boating and fishing enthusiasts will find estuary, beach, jetty or reef fishing, and a variety of water sports including diving, water and jet skiing, wind surfing and snorkelling. Fishing from one of Hervey Hay's landmarks, the Urangan Pier, is a popular pastime, and glass bottom boats providing great viewing of the coral reefs.

Dayman Point offers sweeping views of the Great Sandy Strait, family picnic facilities and memorials to early explorers Matthew Flinders and Joseph Dayman, and to the men of "Z" force who trained on Fraser Island for a daring World War II operation in Singapore. The Korrawinga Monument, dedicated to the Aboriginal people of Hervey Bay and Fraser Island, is a symbol of hope for the future unity of all peoples of the area. To experience the early settlement of Hervey Bay and Fraser Island, visit the Hervey Bay Historical Museum at Pialba or hire a boat and explore Woody Island National Park, halfway between Urangan and Fraser Island, with its ruined lighthouse and graves.

There are a number of attractions in and around Hervey Bay to enjoy such as Natureworld wildlife park, Neptune's Aquarium, Hervey Bay Historical Museum and the Botanical Gardens. There is also a wide selection of good value accommodation to choose from including caravan parks, backpacker hostels , motels, units and resorts.

For more information on Hervey Bay contact:

FRASER COAST HOLIDAY CENTRE,
463 Esplanade,
HERVEY BAY,
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
Ph: 07 41249685
International: +61 7 41249685