World renowned Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Island is only three-quarters to an hour cruising time from your departure point.
Hervey Bay is the whale watch capital of Australia and gateway to adjacent, world heritage listed Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world.
Cruising area covers 350 square kilometers of pristine waters... the Great Sandy Straits, dotted with small sand islands and wilderness areas where rainforests meet white sand beaches.
Hervey Bay is the closest departure point to FRASER ISLAND'S
- Eco award winning Kingfisher Bay Resort
(1 hr easy cruising from your departure point) - Z force historical walk (1 hr cruising)
- Magnificent White Cliffs - massive sand blow (1 hr cruising)
- Historic McKenzie's logging jetty (1 hr cruising)
- Palmer & Ceratodus wrecks (2 hrs cruising)
- Ungowa forestry camp & lookout (2 hrs cruising)
- Yankee Jack Creek - a fisherman's paradise (2½ hrs cruising)
- Best secluded island beaches
- Best fishing & crabbing spots
- Numerous island creeks, tiny islands, pristine, freshwater lakes and rainforest walks, sightings of marine and wild life
- A fishing and crabbing paradise is how many describe the Great Sandy Straits - Yankee Jack Creek's maze of mangrove creeks, Ungowa Ledge, Sheridan Flats are among the many great spots.