Bargara Beach

Bargara is a 13 kilometre drive through lush sugarcane fields from Bundaberg. It is a popular seaside area which harbours a peaceful and relaxed community ideal for enjoyable family holidays away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Bargara boasts two open surf beaches and two still water swimming areas. The Bargara Street scape project embraces the coastline with an attractive public area of walkways, decks, picnic areas and playgrounds. Café's and eateries create an alfresco atmosphere.

Fishing & Diving

Fishing enthusiasts are well catered for along the Bargara coastline with great shore fishing opportunities to the north and south . Also located four nautical miles offshore from Elliot Heads is the Artificial Reef. Numerous other fishing locations exicist off shore, on wrecks and reefs, these sites  also offer great diving oppurtunities year round. The Woongarra Marine Park preserves the coastline and offers snorkelling right on our door step with Burkitt's reef located in front of Kacys Bargara Beach Motel. This reef is completely covered by corals, making Bargara one of the few spots in mainland Australia where you can shore dive on coral reefs.

The Great Barrier Reef

The Southern Great Barrier Reef is your first jumping off point travelling north to see one of the wonders of the natural world. Featuring the coral isles of Lady Musgrave, Lady Elliot, Fairfax, Hoskins and the coral reefs of Fitzroy, Boult, Llewelyn - day tours, resort stays and wilderness camping and multi day scuba diving tours are available. The Southern Great Barrier reef is renowned world wide for scuba diving and it's pristine, unspoilt beauty. Only six operators access this region of the reef, an area of over 150000 square kilometres. Manta Rays, turtles and migrating Humpback Whales are an icon of this area, as is the fantastic year round visibility. For more information www.southerngreatbarrierreef.com.au

Lady Elliot Island

Lady Elliot Island discover one of the top dive and snorkelling sites in the world. Lady Elliot Island is the first coral cay on the Great Barrier Reef. Step off the beach and snorkel, swim or scuba dive in the world's richest marine eco-system. For more information www.ladyelliot.com.au

Lady Musgrave Island

Lady Musgrave Island is a coral cay, composed of sand and fragments of coral rock derived from the surrounding reef. It is a large reef with an extensive lagoon with deepwater access. There is excellent snorkelling and diving. The island has a pisonia forest interspersed with more open glades. There is fringe vegetation near the beach. There are several kinds of seabirds and two species of turtles nest here. For more information www.lmcruises.com.au or www.spiritof1770.com.au

Mon Repos

Mon Repos Turtle Rookery provides a fascinating look at the endangered sea turtles during the nesting and hatching season from November to March. Bargara also features a range of accommodation and restaurants making the town ideal for all types of visitors. Turtles often nest at Bargara on Kelly's, Rifle Range and Nielson Park Beach offering a special summertime experience for beach goers. For more information www.queenslandholidays.com.au

Bargara Golf Club

Bargara Golf Club offers members and visitors a range of excellent facilities, the 18 hole Par 72 (5831 metre) golf course is a flat seaside course, well bunkered, featuring beautiful trees and lakes and is renowned for having some of the best greens in Queensland.

Bundaberg Rum

Bundaberg Distilling Company: In 1888, the first barrel of Bundaberg Rum literally rolled out of the production line. 110 years later, Bundaberg Rum, through its trials and tribulations, has gained recognition as one of Australia's famous Aussie spirits. For more information www.bundabergrum.com.au

Bert Hinkler Museum (solo aviator)

The mantle of achievement associated with Australia's great pioneer solo aviator, Bert Hinkler, is indeed captivating - so too was the trans-world transfer of his old Southampton home. For only the second time in Australia's relatively short history had such an undertaking been attempted. The nation embraced this remarkable accomplishment with pride. A pleasing structure, the house stands in the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens overlooking the site where Bert Hinkler landed on 27th of February 1928, following his record shattering solo flight from England to Australia. http://www.bundabergonthe.net/hinkler/