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Place details
- Locality
- Hervey Bay
- Region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 52,230
- Timezone
- Australia/Brisbane
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Key facts
- Country
- Australia
- State
- Queensland
- Region
- Wide Bay-Burnett
- Lga
- Fraser Coast Region
- Location
- 29.6 km (18.4 mi) NNE of Maryborough 110 km (68 mi) SE of Bundaberg 286 km (178 mi) N of Brisbane
- State electorates
- Hervey Bay Maryborough
- Federal division
- Hinkler
- Total
- 93.2 km (36.0 sq mi)
- Totals
- 57,722 ( 2021 census ) ( 27th ), 52,073 ( 2016 census )
- Density
- 619.3/km (1,604.1/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+10:00 ( AEST )
- Mean max temp
- 26.2 °C (79.2 °F)
- Mean min temp
- 16.6 °C (61.9 °F)
- Annual rainfall
- 1,061.6 mm (41.80 in)
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Encyclopedic overview
Hervey Bay (/ˈhɑːrvi/ HAR-vee) is a city on the coast of the Fraser Coast Region of Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) or 3½ hours' highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is located on the bay of the same name open to the Coral Sea between the Queensland mainland and nearby K'gari (also known as Fraser Island). The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the north, ferry access to K'gari, accessible recreational fishing and boating and the natural north facing, calm beaches with wide undeveloped foreshore zones. In October 2019, Hervey Bay was named the First Whale Heritage Site in the world by the World Cetacean Alliance, for its commitment to and practices of sustainable whale and dolphin watching.
In the 2021 census, Hervey Bay had a population of 57,722 people. A 2010 study by Deakin University showed that people on the Fraser Coast area including Hervey Bay, were the happiest in Australia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hervey Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.