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Hervey Bay is a stopover for mature female humpback whales. Mature females visit Hervey Bay during August in company with the cohort of immature males and females. During September and October Hervey Bay is dominated by Mature females with new calves. The humpback whales are known to be very relaxed in the company of the whale watching vessels.
The Mary River, Burrum River and Burnett River flow into the bay. [2] Hervey Bay is partly protected from oceanic swells by the southern extension of the Great Barrier Reef. [3] To the east of the bay is Fraser Island. Hervey Bay coastline, 2007. It is known for its whale watching. [4] Hervey Bay is also a spawning region for temperate pelagic ...
On 20 December 1975, the Shire of Burrum was renamed the Shire of Hervey Bay with effect from the local government elections of 27 March 1976. With the new focus on the coastal region, 1,086.4 km 2 (419.5 sq mi) of its area, with an estimated population of 1,119, was annexed by the City of Maryborough , while 1,269.0 km 2 (490.0 sq mi) with an ...
Ships coming into Maryborough had to enter through Hervey Bay, an area full of sandbanks, on which ships could easily become stranded. A channel, with a minimum of over five metres of water at low tide, ran down the middle of the Bay, past the east of Woody Island, along Fraser Island and into the Mary River. [1]
Hervey Bay Airport (IATA: HVB [4], ICAO: YHBA) is the main airport for the city of Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia and the Fraser Coast region which incorporates ...
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The locality is bounded to the north by Hervey Bay (the bay not the town, 3] and to the east by the northern end of the Great Sandy Strait (and beyond it, Fraser [ 4 ] Dayman Point is a headland ( 25°17′03″S 152°54′18″E / 25.2843°S 152.9050°E / -25.2843; 152.9050 ( Dayman Point