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B a r r i e r
WHITSUNDAY
Airlie ISLANDS
Beach R e e f

Mackay

Koumala
Duke Islands
Carmila Shipwreck of the Maheno, lying on the coast of Fraser Island
Connors
Getting Around
Broad
Range
St Lawrence Sound Reef Point
The major cities of Townsville,
Capricorn Rockhampton and Gladstone are
I accessible by air, as are some of the
Is
Isaac
Marlborough Coast smaller regional centres. There are
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frequent coach services along the
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MacKenzie n National Park Great Keppel Capricorn Bruce Hwy and the main inland roads.
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Mount Etna
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The Brisbane-Cairns railway runs
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Group
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Broadsound Range
CAPR CO ROCKHAMPTON Heron Island alongside the Bruce Hwy with
C P C
stops at all the major centres
Curtis
Blackwater W Mount Island
WA
CAPRICORN HIGHWAY
Duaringa Bunker (the trip from Brisbane to
GLADSTONE Group Townsville takes about
BLACKDOWN Rannes C 25 hours). However, the
CE
TABLELANDS NP Seventeen
Seventy
W Lady Elliot best way to see the
WA
Biloela Island
Morgan BRUCE HIGHWAY
Miriam Vale area is by car. Some
Moura
W companies may
HIGHWAY
WA
insist on 4WD in
Palm Grove Monto Great Sandy
National Park Theodore Bundaberg National Park remote areas.
Hervey
Isla Gorge MON REPOS Bay
National Park
Expedition HERVEY BAY FRASER ISLAND
National Park tt t
Mundubbera Bur nett
Taroom r n r MARYBOROUGH
Auburn Mary Mary r
Euro ro r mbah M Sunshine
R a n g e
Lake Coast
Boondooma Murgon Cooloola
Gympie National Park
Roma Kingaroy Noosa Heads
Miles
W Mapleton
WA
W Chinchilla SUNSHINE COAST
WARREGO HIGHWAY
WA
HINTERLAND Caloundra
d
C
Condamine Co da Maleny
Condamine
Surat Dalby Caboolture
Meandarra Jondaryan Moreton Gold
Island
Coast
Brisbane
Toowoomba Ipswich North Stradbroke
Beardmore Island
Reservoir WA Millmerran D O W N S Surfers Paradise
W
St George MOONIE HIGHWAY
D A R L I N G
Warwick LAMINGTON
NATIONAL PARK
Moonie Mo Goondiwindi Queen Mary Falls
Inglewood
National Park
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Macintyre Moree Dumaresq Stanthorpe Ballina
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