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Maryborough
Maryborough is one of Queensland’s oldest cities and during its heyday in the late 1800s it was the east coast’s second most important port after Sydney. It once even rivalled Brisbane as the site for Queensland’s state capital.
This small city is the closest place to Hervey Bay that has a train station and you’ll have to stop here if you’re travelling by rail and want to visit Hervey Bay or Fraser Island.
Although Maryborough is a bustling little city and in many ways a much nicer place than Hervey Bay, there’s no backpackers’ accommodation or enough attractions to keep you busy for very long and most travellers get off the train and get the first bus to Hervey Bay.
Practical information
Maryborough-Fraser Island Visitor Information Centre
Bruce Highway, Maryborough
Tel (07) 4121 4111
Website www.visitmaryborough.info
Open Mon-Fri 8.30am-5pm, 10am-4pm daily
Coming & going
QR trains, Greyhound (tel 1300 473 946) and Premier Motor Service coaches stop at the train station on Lennox Street. The train is met by Wide Bay Transit (tel (07) 4121 3719) bus 5, which goes to Hervey Bay.
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