Bundaberg North Burnett

Bundaberg North Burnett Region

The Bundaberg North Burnett region is Australia’s premier location for observing nesting sea turtles and is known as the southern gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. The region encompasses a diversity of coastal and hinterland areas as well as the city of Bundaberg itself.

The region is rich in sugar and horticultural production and is home to the famous Bundaberg Rum and Bundaberg Ginger Beer as well as a number of hinterland wineries. Visitors can experience farm-gate sales of fresh produce dotted throughout the entire region. The hinterland caters for families and camping holidays with the new RM Williams Australian Bush Learning Centre and the spectacular Cania Gorge national park.

The Bundaberg North Burnett region incorporates the City of Bundaberg, the nine Shires of Biggenden, Burnett, Eidsvold, Gayndah, Isis, Kolan, Monto, Mundubbera and Perry. It is acknowledged however that the Shire of Miriam Vale is an important asset to and stakeholder in the tourism portfolio of the region.

As the gateway to the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef and with its Coral Coast, the Bundaberg North Burnett region offers a country-coast-reef smorgasbord of activities for tourists. Eco-tourism is popular, with turtle rookeries and offshore diving and fishing spots. Recreational fishing on inland waterways is also popular. Known to promote its eastern perimeter as the "Coral Coast" - with sheltered beaches at Woodgate, Elliott Heads, Innes Park, Mon Repos, Bargara, Burnett Heads and Moore Park - the region also has eight national parks along its unspoiled coastline, all of which are popular with locals and tourists.

Bundaberg North Burnett Tourism is the official Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO).