Coastal Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef - Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast (PDF Chapter)

This is the Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast chapter from Lonely Planet’s East Coast Australia guidebook.

This little pocket of quintessential Queensland takes in World Heritage–listed Fraser Island and some mellow coastal communities, such as Hervey Bay and Rainbow Beach, the agricultural centre of Bundaberg, and numerous old-fashioned country towns never too far from the ocean.

• cruise up the beach ‘highway’, swim in Lake McKenzie and camp under the stars on Fra-ser Island
• maps
• watch the whales play in Hervey Bay
• transport
• witness turtles take their first flipper-stumble down the beach at Mon Repos
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Hervey Bay, Rainbow Beach, Maryborough, Gympie, Childers, Burrum Coast National Park, Bundaberg, Bargara, Fraser Island.