World heritage listed Fraser Island is over 120 km long and 30 km wide. It is the largest sand island in the world! Fraser Island is famous for it's pristine fresh water lakes and creeks, peaceful tropical rainforests, and endless sand dunes. Expect to see dingoes, birds, wallabies, flying foxes, possums, and the occassional echidna and tortise. Whales, dugongs, dolphins and turtles also make the waters surrounding Fraser Island their home. Main highlights include the Maheno, Central Station, Lake McKenzie, Eli Creek, The Cathedrals, and the Champagne Pools.
Hervey Bay has a number of great snorkelling and diving spots. The reefs provide a haven for a wide range of colourful and exotic reef fish. Sheltered from the Pacific Ocean, Hervey Bay's calm waters are excellent for swimming, snorkelling, diving and fishing. Our waters are home to many different varieties of fish, sea turtles, dugongs, rays, and many other sea creatures. A favourite diving spot is the Roy Rufus Artifical Reef, which has beautiful gorgonians, sponges, soft corals, trevally, blue parrot, coral trout, groper and blackall. Other popular diving spots are Rooney's and Moon Ledge.
Every year the majestic humpback whales visit Hervey Bay's warm waters from late July to early November. Hervey Bay has become known as the whale watching capital of the world! The humpback whales pass through Hervey Bay as they return from the Antarctic and put on a spectacular display as they frolic for those watching them. Humpback pods put on animated displays of breaching, tail and peduncle slaps, pec slaps, spy hopping, and peduncle arching. Humpbacks grow up to 15 metres in length and weigh up to 45 tonnes. When the humpback calves are born, they weigh up to 1500 kg. The scientific name for these whales is Megaptera novaeangliae, meaning 'big wing'. A humpback whale fin can be up to one-third of the whale's body length, which makes them easily recognisable from other species of whale. Seeing the white whale is an extra special treat for whale watchers.
Hervey Bay is well known for it's great fishing. Boaties will want to check out the boat harbour at Urangan. It doesn't matter what type of fishing you're into. Choose from beach fishing and rock fishing on Fraser Island, deep sea fishing off the continental shelf, fresh water fishing in the creeks, rivers and dams, shore fishing in Hervey Bay, reef fishing on shallow and deep reefs surrounding Hervey Bay, or fish off the groins, jetties, and pier. Types of fish that you're likely to catch here are whiting, bream, garfish, marlin, red emperor, trevally, sail fish, black king, mangrove jack, barramundi, trout, snapper, blackall, perch, mackeral, tuna, and a wide range of other reef fish and pelagics. There are plenty of charter vessels to suit your needs. To get the best fishing experience, ask the locals where the fish are biting.
To organise any of these above activities, contact the managers at Kingfisher Court on (07) 4124 1876.
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