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Burrum Coast Discovery Trail
Hervey Bay >> Dundowran >> Toogoom >> Burrum Heads >> Torbanlea >> Maryborough
Experiences: Ocean and river views, sand dunes, golf courses, dining, swimming, boating and fishing, wildlife, national park and camping.
Route: Departing from the Hervey Bay Visitor Information Centre turn left onto Pialba-Burrum Heads Road and follow the road until you get to the base of the hill. Turn right on to Ansons Road and follow the road to …
F R A S E R C O A S T D I S C O V E R Y T R A I L S
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DUNDOWRAN BEACHThis quiet, dog friendly beach with gentle waves at high tide also offers a relaxing sandy haven out to the horizon at low tide. Off Sempfs Road you will find the Ted and Maud Mungomery Vine Forest Reserve – the last littoral vine forest remaining in Hervey Bay. Access the walking tracks at Cissus or Ebony Courts only.
Head up the road to Panorama Drive and discover the valuable self-sustaining ecosystem at the beautiful Arkarra Lagoons; a haven for turtles, eels, fish, ducks, pelicans, waterbirds, insects and many more species. Have a drink or tee-off up the road at Craignish Golf and
Fraser Coast Discovery Trails have been developed by Fraser Coast Regional Council © 2010 www.ourfrasercoast.com.au
Country Club located on the left off the Pialba-Burrum Heads Road.
Continue along the Burrum Heads Road and take the turn off to…
TOOGOOMThis picturesque seaside community is only 15 minutes from Hervey Bay and boasts un-spoilt beaches, great fishing, wildlife and bird watching. Toogoom is popular with windsurfers and is a favourite holiday retreat for award winning recording artist Guy Sebastian.
Return to the Burrum Heads Road to reach...
All day to enjoy the Burrum Coast foreshore
Burrum Heads and ToogoomA short drive from Hervey Bay, these picturesque fishing villages offer kilometres of unspoilt beachfront. Stroll along soft, sandy beaches, collect fascinating shells, explore rivers and creeks by boat or canoe or just sit and watch the pelicans or some of the other 90 species of bird life that inhabit the area.
Calm blue waters provide an excellent place to fish from a boat or the foreshore.
•FishingandcrabbingintheBurrumRiverand Beelbi Creek
•BushwalkingorcampingatthenearbyBurrum Coast National Park
•WindsurfingoffToogoombeach•Seeingtheareaawashwithvibrant
wildflowers in spring
BURRUM HEADSThis friendly fishing village is nestled in the mouth of the Burrum River, about 36km north of Hervey Bay. From The Esplanade, you can look across to Hervey Bay and on most days see the top end of Fraser Island.
Take a stroll along the miles of soft, sandy beaches, collect fascinating shells, explore or fish rivers and creeks by boat or canoe or just sit and watch the pelicans and some of the other 90 species of birds that inhabit the area.
BURRUM HEADS NATIONAL PARKCovering 23,100 hectares, Burrum Coast National Park has mangrove-lined riverbanks, wallum heath with spectacular wildflowers and tea tree-dominated swamps. The southern section of the park, the Burrum River Section, is located on both sides of the Burrum Heads Road just before Burrum Heads township.
(ThecentralsectionofWoodgateNationalParkcanbereachedfromWoodgateBeach,38kmfrom Childers).
Return to Hervey Bay or continue on the Burrum Heads Road through Howard and Torbanlea to the Bruce Highway and south to Maryborough.
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DISCLAIMER Maps are for general reference only and not to scale. The information contained in this publication is provided as a guide only. Although every effort has been made to ensure reliability, Fraser Coast Regional Council accepts no responsibility or liability for the accuracy of the information presented in the text or illustrations.
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G r e a t S a n d y B i o s p h e r e
Tinnanbar
Poona
BoonoorooTuan
Maaroom
Tin Can Bay
Cooloola National
Park
Mt BaupleNational Park
PoonaNational Park
Woodgate National Park
Kinkuna National Park
Goodnight ScrubNational Park
Mt WalshNational Park
Regional boundary
Burrum Heads National Park
Inskip Point
Double IslandPoint
Hook Point
Rainbow Beach
NoosaNational
Park
Noosa Heads
ToBrisbane
Nambour
Cooroy
Kenilworth
Gunalda
Theebine
Munna Creek
GundiahBauple
TIARO
Toogoom
Kingfisher Bay
Wanggoolba Creek
Eurong
CentralStation
Dilli Village
Lake Boomanjin
Happy Valley
Moon Point
OrchidBeach
Waddy Point
CathedralBeach
Wathumba
Rooney Point
Sandy Cape
HERVEY BAY
FRASERISLAND
MARYBOROUGH
Burrum Heads
Woodgate
Lenthall’sDam
Lake Monduran
Paradise Dam
Lake Barambah
Bjelke Petersen
Dam
Aldershot
Torbanlea
Childers
Biggenden
Teebar
Kilkivan
Goomeri
Murgon
Kingaroy
Nanango
Wondai
Cherbourg
WOOCOO
Gin Gin
BargaraMon Repos
Burnett Heads
Bundaberg
Howard
DundowranCraignish
Point Vernon
WoodyIsland
Oakhurst
Aramara
Brooweena
MT DOONGUL
WONGISTATE FOREST
Miva Rd
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Burrum Heads Rd
Maryborough-Biggenden Rd
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TiaroMayne Street ph (07) 4129 2599OPEN daily 9am–4.30pm
MaryboroughCity Hall, Kent Streetph1800214789OPEN Mon–Fri 9am–5pm Sat & Sun 9am–3pm
Hervey Bay AirportDon Adams Drive ph (07) 4197 4730OPENMon–Fri8am–4pm Sat&Sun8am–3pm
Hervey Bay227 Maryborough-Hervey Bay Road ph1800811728OPEN daily 9am–5pm
Tour and accommodation bookings Local advice, information and maps
Souvenirs, gifts and books Warmwelcome
For more information, contact a Fraser Coast Visitor Information Centre or go to www.ourfrasercoast.com.au