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Brisbane to Hervey Bay
🚐 About 4 hours (around 300 km)
Drive north past the Glass House Mountains and on to Maryborough. Hervey Bay is the whale watching capital of Australia, with season from July to October. Leave Brisbane before the morning traffic and stop at the Glass House Mountains lookout. Hervey Bay is calm and flat, a good place for a late afternoon stroll along the esplanade. Whale watching runs July to October.
Optional things to do
- Whale watching cruise in season
- Urangan Pier walk
- Fraser Island ferry from River Heads
Where to stay
Holiday parkDiscovery Parks Hervey Bay
A well-equipped park close to the beach.
Holiday parkBig4 Hervey Bay Holiday Park
Family friendly with a pool and kids facilities.