Feeling like a getaway of the relaxing kind? Watermark Apartments is just where you need to make your next holiday destination! This beautiful apointed apartment setting is located right on the Eslanade in Scarness at Hervey Bay and has all the mod-con facilties you are looking for to unwind and clear your mind over your next break.

With 1,2 and 3 bedroom apartments available that are all fully self containable with balconies to sit and enjoy the views of magnificent Hervey Bay, you wont be disappointed. Nothing quite comapres to a summer-time holiday and being able to host your very own BBQ whilst on vacation.

Each apartment comes with a BBQ facility on the balcony or terrace for your useage whilst staying with Watermark Apartments. The complex has lift access as well as a secure basement for your parking convenience along with a visitors car park for when you have guests over to stay. There is a large swimming pool in a landscaped environment and you can rest assured the complex is fully secure with it’s intercom.

Watermark Apartments Offers You:

• A room with a pituresque view
• Large swimming pool
• Rooms large enough to comfortable accomodate up to 7 people
• BBQ facilties in each apartment
• Airconditioning
• Secure parking
• Visitors parking space
• Private terrace/balcony
• Cots, highchairs and baby car seats available at reception.

This tranquil environment offers many things whilst staying at the Watermark Apartments. You can chose to do as little or as much as you like whilst you are visiting the Bay area. You may wish to unwind and relax in your beautiful set our apartment and take a dip in their pool or enjoy a quiet drink on the balcony.

You you may wish to take a tour of Fraser Island and the surrounding regions. Hervey Bay has a lot to offer from the pristine beaches and crystal waters to tours right through to some sky diving. If your feeling like seeing Hervey Bay and Fraser Island from a different point of view, why not ask the reception staff at Watermark Apartments to help you make a booking with one of our very experienced Joyflight operators that will be more than happy to ensure you see the sights of the Bay and the Island from a high view!

During the August through to October months each year, humpback whales nestle in on the Fraser Coast and come to enjoy our warmer waters. They are something you cannot afford to miss if in the area around those months. Tour operators start taking bookings for whale watching tours around the June months and the reception staff at Watermark Apartments will also be able to help you out with all the required details of how to make a booking to go out on a half day or full day tour with our many experienced whale watching vessels.

Things To Do in Hervey Bay Whilst Staying At The Watermark Apartments:

• Take a short stroll along the Esplanade to many eateries and restaurants
• Enjoy a coffee or lunch at Enzo’s on the Beach- approximately 250m walking distance
• Book a fishing charter for a half day adventure with a experienced fishing vessel
• Visit the Hervey Bay RSL Club at night for great entertainment and meals
• Enjoy the many parks along the Esplanade for the kids
• Stop by at Madigans on the Esplanade for local seafood you wont resist
• Grab your rod and head to one of the piers for a spot of fishing
• Take a swim in the calm crystal waters of Hervey Bay

This new, modern and incredibly spacious resort makes the perfect holiday stay over, The Bay Apartments are located in a perfect holiday location for that family break, or for anyone who enjoys the quite relaxed Bay lifestyle.

Choose from the 1, 2, 3 or 3+ bedroom apartments, with many luxury inclusions that you will find to yuor liking come with every apartment at the Bay. You will find very friendly and helpful staff that look forward to making your stay a memorable one.

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With fully ducted air conditioning to keep you cool on your stay and most have ceiling fans fitted also. Featuing European stainless steel appliances through out the kitchen plus a, microwave, dishwasher, insinkerator, granite bench tops and large Fridge.

All the apartments from the ground floor up, have great views looking over Hervey Bay. The top floors have an uninterrupted view of Shelley Beach, Urangan Pier and Fraser Islands vast beaches.
Why not walk along the Esplanade and enjoy an array of fine dining Restaurants and cafes. For one of the best holidays In Hervey Bay you will see, The Pier One Resort is the only place to stay.

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In keeping with its waterfront aspect, “Eden by the Bay” is a bold, fresh, modern design. The focus is on creating a unique sub-tropical oasis in the heart of a thriving urban environment.

Nestled in lush tropical gardens featuring a pool, spa and barbecue area, the design encompasses three multi-storey buildings. In total the complex contains 28 contemporary one, two and three bedroom apartments with an emphasis on elegance, comfort, space and the highest quality designer finishes.

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The City Council seeks to enrich and enhance these valued assets of coastal scenery, superb beaches, clean environment and relaxed lifestyle which draw so many people to live and invest in the city.

Council is determined to forestall any environmental problems that might compromise the unique quality of life. Forward planning seeks to balance growth and protect the environment.

Hervey Bay City Council’s environmental strategies support open space concepts, conservation of waterways and wetlands and water and energy conservation. A bikeways and transport strategy is designed to complement these plans. A management plan has been developed for the extensive foreshore reserve and there is emphasis on the retention of natural scenic appeal.

Tourism and Economic Development

To maximise the potential of Hervey Bay as a modern commercial centre and popular tourist destination, the Hervey Bay Tourism and Development Bureau. Both the City Council and the Bureau are working in close partnership towards the common goal of attracting more people to visit, invest and reside in Hervey Bay and its environs.

Part of the City Council’s strategy addresses the tasteful and co-ordinated development of the city heart area at Pialba. The importance of upgrading public spaces in retail centres is a recognised priority. It stimulates retail investment, creates a strong visual identity and serves to focus community cultural activities.

The Planning and Development department continue to hold responsibility for the development of the city. Comprehensive plans have been outlined until the year 2015. Hervey Bay City Council has other major and active departments covering Roads, Environment and Health Protection, Infrastructure and Community Development and Recreation. Service Units which will provide efficient, cost-effective competitively driven services to Ratepayers are currently being established by Council.

Utilities

Adoption of the latest technology and state of the art systems has ensured that water supply and sewerage facilities have kept pace with Hervey Bay’s rapidly growing population. Forward planning by Wide Bay Water, a business unit of Hervey Bay City Council, considers land based effluent re-use and comprehensive and efficient waste management systems. Programmed planning is in place to maintain these high standards in the future.

The Council recently won a National Award for Innovation in Local Government for its Eli Creek effluent irrigation scheme. This project promises major environmental and economic benefits, protecting waters off Fraser Island, enhancing tourism, local agriculture and reducing infrastructure costs. The Ergon Energy purchases electric power in bulk from the Queensland Electricity Commission. It distributes and services all aspects of this vital resource.

There is a huge range of sporting activities for visitors who prefer land based fun. Golf, lawn bowls, go karting, tennis, horse riding and skating plus many more are all part of the Hervey Bay lifestyle. If you feel very adventurous why not try skydiving, sea kayaking or for a relaxing day go dolphin watching

Located at the southern tip of Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef, this charming city enjoys fresh clean air, wonderful beaches and parks. Some 240 hectares of coral may be viewed and explored just off shore from the Urangan Harbour.

Hervey Bay’s urban areas stretch from Gataker’s Bay in the north to River Heads in the south east, encompassing the suburbs of Point Vernon, Pialba, Scarness, Torquay and Urangan. One of Australia’s fastest growing regions, in the 20 years from 1986 population has grown from 18,960 to 54,391 (2006 census).

The townships of Howard, Torbanlea, Burrum Heads, Dundowran, Craignish, Toogoom, Nikenbah, Aldershot and Booral are also within the Hervey Bay area.

Just to the east of Hervey Bay lies Fraser Island which enjoys World Heritage Listing for its environmental significance and the natural beauty of its beaches, rainforests and lakes. Brisbane is the international and interstate gateway for mainline air traffic to and from Hervey Bay. Sunstate and Flight West airlines operate several daily flights between the two cities, connecting to Australia wide and worldwide air services.

The new $42.4 million Hervey Bay Hospital is an integral component of the Fraser Coast Health Service District and Queensland Health. It was officially opened in June 1997. The facility is a state-of-the art, purpose built 130 bed acute care hospital, with services aimed at meeting the needs of the local community.

Hervey Bay’s local medical and dental practitioners and specialists also cater comprehensively for the needs of the community. Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and alternative therapies are well represented.

An Ambulance centre, Women’s Health Centre, Day Respite Centre, Meals on Wheels, home nursing care, care for the aged and support for people with special health conditions are available to residents and visitors.

Transport

Hervey Bay’s main residential areas are spread across five major suburbs, but it takes no more than 15 minutes to drive from one end to the other. A paved 12 kilometre bicycle track and walkway extends the entire length of the Hervey Bay Esplanade. Local buses serve the suburbs and driving in minimal traffic is scenic and enjoyable. Good roads connect Hervey Bay to all the local outlying towns and villages such as Howard, Toogoom and Torbanlea.Howard is a daily stop on Queensland Rail’s “Spirit of Capricorn” passenger service. There is a small Freight Distribution Centre located in Pialba.

Hervey Bay Airport has a new, modern Terminal building which was opened in 1996. It is serviced daily by five flights to and from Brisbane. Helicopter and fixed wing charter and joy flights are available. Private aircraft can be housed in hangars with 24 hour security. Air /sea search and rescue services which can be called out in emergencies are also based at the Airport.

The Urangan Boat Harbour provides casual and permanent berthing and service facilities for yachts and power boats. Other services include chandlery, slipway and boatbuilding and providoring. Passenger vessels and barges for passengers and four wheel drive vehicles to and from Fraser Island use the Urangan Boat Harbour and River Heads.

Community clubs and organisations

A number of clubs servicing the business and general community are active in Hervey Bay. They hold regular dinners and social events. An initiative of the Hervey Bay Tourism and Development Bureau, the Business Forum is an opportunity for business people to meet and network. It holds monthly functions and concentrates on local issues.There are sports clubs for golf, fishing, football, cricket and other sporting activities.

The new unique joint-use academic/public library is popular and busy. Collections of books, compact discs, video and audio cassettes, large print volumes and magazines, provide for adult, young adult and junior members of the community and university personnel. The Library also provides computer and Internet browsing facilities. Art and photographic exhibitions are regularly displayed in the adjoining Regional Art Gallery.

Those interested and involved in art, music, writing, theatre, crafts, gardening, woodwork, gems and minerals will find kindred spirits to share their interests. Over 55s who want to enhance and expand their knowledge can attend the University of the Third Age to study foreign languages, local history or a range of interesting subjects.

Indigenous Aborigines had inhabited the area for generations, but in 1850 acquired vast tracts of country for cattle rearing between Booral and Burrum Heads. Pines growing along the foreshore attracted timber cutters in 1863 and by the mid 1860s the first five white settlers took possession of seaside leases stretching from Point Vernon to Urangan. Each of the land leases developed into small townships, with seaside lots being bought up by wealthy businessmen from Maryborough and Gympie.

Elizabeth St. Boat Harbour Drive Corner

Boyle Martin, acknowledged as the first white settler in the bay, took up land at Pialba, which soon became a small but thriving seaside resort. Although Torquay, named after the English seaside resort in Devon and Scarborough (now Scarness) also grew rapidly, the whole area at that time was known as Pialba.

Coal mining was initiated at Howard in 1863 and limestone, bismuth, magnetite and mineral sands were also mined. In 1883 two sugar mills opened in Hervey Bay and the population of Pialba swelled to 85.

A railway line from Maryborough to Pialba was built in 1896, substantially boosting visitors and sightseers to the bay. The construction of Urangan pier in 1913 and the extension of the railway line to serve the pier, greatly facilitated the export of sugar, coal and coffee to England. Urangan developed as a settlement for fishermen during this period, while Torquay and Scarness evolved as tourist areas. Pialba became a commercial hub and Point Vernon emerged as the prime residential area with Esplanade home sites commanding views from Pialba to Urangan Pier.

Former Urangan Hotel

By the 1920s Hervey Bay’s local industries included sugar cane, citrus and pineapple plantations, cattle and fishing. The growing popularity of the bay as a holiday destination was recognised even at this point in time. A 1964 land use survey shows residential and commercial development hugging the beach from Gataker’s Bay at Point Vernon to the Urangan site where a boat harbour was built in the 1960s. Over the years this evolved into the present impressive Urangan Boat Harbour.

Elizabeth St. Boat Harbour Drive

The 1970s saw Hervey Bay enter a growth period matched by few other cities in Australia. The five resorts of Point Vernon, Pialba, Scarness, Torquay and Urangan were still separate towns administered by the Burrum Shire Council. By 1976 resident numbers were estimated at 9,100 and the town was beginning to assert itself.

Up to this time Hervey Bay had been a division of the Burrum Shire Council which stretched from near Maryborough to Woodgate near Childers. A strenuous push by Hervey Bay businessmen and shire councillors now convinced the State Government to gazette Hervey Bay Shire Council in 1976 and proclaimed a City on 18th February 1984.

Fraser Island has a truly amazing array of natural wonders including beautiful sub-tropical rainforests, pristine lakes, endless surf beaches, immense sand blows, cliffs of coloured sands and crystal clear streams to explore.

Whale Watching

Each year From August to November Whale watch fever hits Hervey Bay. The calm waters of the bay provide shelter for the Humpback whales and their calves as they frolic. Hervey Bay is part of the route the whales take each year after giving birth to their calves in the warm waters of North Queensland.

Humpback enjoy their play and are the most acrobatic of all whales and are well known for their whale song. Growing up to 15 meters long and weighing up to 40 tonnes this makes the Humpback the fifth largest of all whale breeds.

Visitors to Hervey Bay during the whale watching season are treated to magnificent displays of breaching tail flapping & pectoral slapping.

There are approximately 10 operators offering whale watching tours with vessel departing the Urangan boat harbour daily

Most operators offer tours as follows:

Not only is Fraser Island the world’s largest sand island, it also boasts outstanding beauty, landscape, and diversity.You will pass through dense rainforest, slender open heathlands,wide sandscapes, and the incredible spanse of the seventy-five mile beach.

In addition to its European history which includes the colonial lore of Eliza Fraser, the 1935 stranding of the Maheno, and the Island logging industry that served to rebuild the London Docks after World War II and to line the Suez Canal, Fraser Island contains many remnants and landmarks of its Aboriginal inhabitants. Sights like the numerous midden humps, the coloured sands of the Dreamtime,and the Stonetool Sandblow provide insight into the original Australian’s culture and lifestyle. Some of the best lakes for swimming in Australia are found on Fraser Island.

Of course there is not time to visit all the lakes, but do try to see at least one of the lakes while you are on the Island. Lake McKenzie with its crystal clear waters is by far the most popular window lake.Basin Lake is just a brisk walk out of Central Station, and everyone loves viewing the turtles at this perched lake. And a trip to Fraser Island just wouldn’t be complete without a tumble down the encroching sand dune at Lake Wabby, the only barrage lake in the region. Ask around. One and two day tours can be arranged through the hostel of your choice or booking Agency, but most adventurous travellers always return wishing they had taken more time to explore the island.

Lying just off the coast of Hervey Bay is World Heritage listed Fraser Island. Consisting entirely of sand, the island supports an extraordinary variety of plant life from dune spinifex to majestic rainforests at the island’s centre. Cliffs of coloured sands feature along the white beaches, which border the clean blue expanse of ocean. The crystal clear freshwater lakes and streams on Fraser Island are breathtaking.

Access is only possible by vehicular barges, aircraft, passenger launches, commercial tours or private boats and travelling on the island is restricted to 4WD vehicles only. Day tours are available on the island in air-conditioned 4WD buses, taking in the highlights of rainforest, freshwater lakes and streams, sandblows, coloured sands, the Maheno ship wreck and Seventy-five Mile Beach. Transport yourself to another world, as Fraser Island is the experience of a lifetime.