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Gladstone Region
Centre of the Southern Reef - The Gladstone Region is a unique area of Queensland - a region where opportunity awaits This dynamic city basks in a sub-tropical climate with islands waterways and beaches on the doorstep of the Great ...
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Heron Island
Heron Island is located just off the coast of Gladstone and boasts some of the best scuba diving and snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef Heron Island is a coral cay meaning it is completely composed of sand and coral ...
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Wilson Island
Wilson Island is a beautiful coral cay which serves as a wildlife sanctuary on the Great Barrier Reef Wilson Island is an important turtle and bird rookery fringed by a white coral beach and covered with pisonia forest The wonders ...
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Biloela
Biloela is a growing rural town with a very diverse agricultural industry including cotton sorghum wheat herbs and spices The cattle industry is thriving with the largest number of cattle of any Shire in Queensland The Town is the centre ...
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Boyne Island
Take a short drive south from Gladstone to the picturesque coastal communities of Boyne Island and Tannum Sands and you will experience a relaxed coastal lifestyle centred on attractive beaches riverside walkways parklands and recreational activities With a population of ...
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Calliope
Calliope is a small country town kilometres or about minutes drive west of Gladstone With a relaxed rural atmosphere Calliope is surrounded by farms and a beautiful hinterland landscape The area boasts a national park of rainforests and native bush ...
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Gladstone
The city of Gladstone is developed on hills overlooking the focal point of its economic development - the natural deepwater harbour The dynamic modern city of Gladstone basks in a sub-tropical climate with islands waterways and beaches providing year-round boating ...
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Town Of 1770
The Town Of is a picturesque seaside village surrounded on three sides by the Coral Sea and Bustard Bay Historic as the second landing site of Lieutenant James Cook and the crew of the Endeavour in May the area is ...
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Moura
Moura is located kilometres south west of Rockhampton Moura is a major cattle centre and also produces coal cotton and grain On route to Carnarvon Gorge and National Park Moura has many facilities on offer to the traveller Moura also ...
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Baralaba
Baralaba is located kilometres south west of Rockhampton off the Capricorn Highway Baralaba is a small town in the heart of the farming and cattle district The Dawson River flows through the town and great fishing can be enjoyed There ...
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Baffle Creek
Baffle Creek is situated between the cities of Bundaberg and Gladstone Baffle Creek the major stream of the greater Baffle Catchment Area enters the Pacific Ocean between the Latitudes degrees s and degrees s Baffle Creek is kilometres long with ...
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Miriam Vale
Miriam Vale is located at the northern gateway to the Bundaberg Coral Coast and Country Region The commercial and governmental hub of the Discovery Coast Miriam Vale straddles the Bruce Highway The town features a mixture of buildings including some ...
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Tannum Sands
Tannum Sands is just nine kilometres from the Bruce Highway and just kilometres from the city of Gladstone Tannum Sands is renowned for its long white sandy beaches perfect for swimming sailboarding and surf-skiing Tannum Sands is home to people ...
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Berajondo
Berajondo is situated between Lowmead and Rosedale and is reliant upon the Cattle Industry and a little timber cutting Berajondo is the main turn off point from Lowmead road to Baffle Creek Agnes Water and the Town of from the ...
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Rosedale
Off the Lowmead Road is the Rosedale turnoff the one kilometre detour into the small rural centre of Rosedale is worthwhile the township has a friendly country hotel and a general store which boasts a garden model railway In the ...
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Rules Beach
Rules Beach is named after the Rule family one of the early pioneering families in the area situated on the ocean front Rules Beach is some miles long and is the full distance between Baffle Creek and Broadwater creek Rules ...
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Turkey Beach
Turkey Beach is a small township that sits in Rodds Bay two hours drive north of Bundaberg from Brisbane Follow the Bruce Highway north about kilometres which takes around six hours The turn off is minutes out of Bororen and ...
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Eurimbula
Eurimbula is most noted for being the home of Eurimbula National Park which is characterised by rainforests native shrubs open heathland swamplands coastal vegetation waterholes plenty of native animals and birdlife including emus There are some lovely secluded beaches which ...
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Theodore
Theodore is located on the Dawson River kilometres south west of Biloela Theodore is named to honour the former Queensland Premier Mr E H Theodore It acirc s palm-lined roads are quite spectacular and the town is an impressive look-alike ...
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Thangool
kilometres south of Biloela is Thangool an important lucerne and grazing area for the Banana Shire Thangool has its own airport and there are daily flights to and from Brisbane Well known for its race track and bush race days ...
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Cracow
Once a prosperous gold mining town Cracow is located kilometres south east of Biloela Gold was discovered in with the Golden Plateau N L Company operating the mine from to Once promoted as a ghost town Cracow has recently been ...
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Jambin
The village of Jambin is located is located kilometres north west of Biloela on the Burnett Highway Originally set up as a supply depot for the railways Jambin now forms an intricate part of the rich agriculture area A visit ...
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Banana
Located on the Dawson Highway it s true that Banana is a don t blink or you ll miss it town but that s one thing that makes taking a second look worthwhile The people are fairdinkum and really do ...
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Gladstone Area
Masthead Island part of the Capricornia Cays National Park is a magnificent hectare coral cay preserving the Great Barrier Reef eco system It is situated approximately kilometres north-east of Gladstone and named in by explorer Matthew Flinders ...
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North West
Situated north-east of Gladstone North West Island is the largest coral cay in the area With surrounding reef dense tall pisonia forest nesting turtles and seabirds the tranquil island is part of the Capricornia Cays National Park Don t miss ...
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Bororen
Back in the war years Bororen was noted for its pies Those on active duty almost considered deserting just to get their hands on a Bororen pie In the st century it s still worthwhile pulling over for a break ...
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Benaraby
You cannot really miss Benaraby as it sits at the southern entrance to Gladstone It is a small community of people and fairly well known to anglers being the gateway also to Lake Awoonga which has a pile of barramundi ...
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Builyan
There is a string of tiny settlements heading south of Calliope which lead to an equally small township called Builyan There is Taragoola Barmundu Boynedale Wietabba Nargoorin Ubobo and Littlemore not a bad track if you want to leave civilisation ...
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Dululu
A splash of vivid yellow could be a clue that you are approaching the township of Dululu which is located south-west of Rockhampton This is sunflower territory and late summer is the time to get the best out of the ...
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Wowan
The butter factory may have closed down as has been the case throughout much of rural Australia but the little town of Wowan has kept its old butter factory alive via a very good museum Known as the Old Butter ...
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