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Explore Heron Island in Australia
Heron Island in the region of Queensland is a town in Australia - some 835 mi or ( 1344 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital city .
Current time in Heron Island is now 03:05 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Brisbane " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: and . Since you are here already, make sure to check out . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Heron Island ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Wedge-tailed Shearwater haunting sounds of mating rituals
Australia, Heron Island - sound clip only of breeding Wedge-tailed Shearwater or muttonbird during the night when mating ..
Watching sharks feeding from Heron Island jetty
Special thanks to all of the great students of MARS2005 (Sem 1, 2009) who put up with four days of me sticking cameras in their faces. Making appearances in this video are: Black-tipped & white-tipped ..
300 lbs Grouper patrolling its territory
Australia, Heron Island in the Great Barrier Reef - filmed from the island's dock the resident 300 lbs grouper patrolling its territory ..
Heron Island Scuba Diving Nov 2011
Video footage of 7 dives off Heron Island. Loads of turtles, anemone fish (clownfish), sharks, moray eel, stingray and even 3 huge manta rays. ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Heron Island (Queensland)
Heron Island is a coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 72 km north-east of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and 539 km north of the state capital Brisbane. The island is situated on the leeward (western) side of Heron Reef, a fringing platform reef of significant biodiversity, supporting around 900 of the 1,500 fish species and 72% of the coral species found on the Great Barrier Reef.
Located at -23.44 151.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
HMAS Protector (1884)
HMCS/HMAS Protector was a large flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884, for the purpose of defending the local coastline against possible attacks in the aftermath of the ‘Russian scare', of 1870s. She arrived in Adelaide in September 1884 and subsequently served in the Boxer Rebellion, World War I and World War II. During July 1943, Protector was requisitioned for war service by the US Army.
Located at -23.44 151.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Wreck Island
Wreck Island is a small coral cay. It is located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 93 km due north east of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and 460 km north of the state capital Brisbane. The island is part of the Great Barrier Reef chain of islands, and is part of the Capricorn and Bunker Group of island and forms part of the Capricornia Cays National Park. It is also part of the Capricornia Cays Important Bird Area.
Located at -23.33 151.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Wilson Island (Queensland)
Wilson Island is one of eight vegetated coral cays in the Capricornia Cays National Park. It is located north of the Tropic of Capricorn, approximately 72 kilometres north east off the coast of Gladstone, Queensland and 15 kilometres from nearby Heron Island. It is part of the Capricornia Cays Important Bird Area. It is also part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
Located at -23.30 151.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Erskine Island
Erskine Island is a small coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef, located 60 kilometres northeast of Gladstone, Queensland and 17 km west-south-west of Heron Island. It is part of the Capricornia Cays National Park and of the Capricornia Cays Important Bird Area.
Located at -23.50 151.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
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