Heron Island
in Gladstone of Queensland, Australia
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Gladstone Airport (53 mi) - Rockhampton Airport (91 mi)
- Bundaberg Airport (104 mi)
- Thangool Airport (111 mi)
- Monto Airport (112 mi)
- Orchid Beach Airport (137 mi)
- Hervey Bay Airport (143 mi)
- Gayndah Airport (151 mi)
- Fraser Island (Unesco heritage, 120 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -23.442 and 151.912 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -23° 26' 30" and E 151° 54' 44"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 04:43 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 4:57 am and 6:20 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 17.200 and -25.117 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Corvo - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Delve into Heron Island
Heron Island in Gladstone (Queensland) is located in Australia about 835 mi (or 1,344 km) north of Canberra, the country's capital town.
Current time in Heron Island is now 04:43 PM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Australia / Brisbane with an UTC offset of 10 hours. We know of 8 airports close to Heron Island. The closest airport in Australia is Gladstone Airport in a distance of 53 mi (or 85 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Fraser Island in a distance of 120 mi (or 194 km), South-East.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Bowen, and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 27°C / 81 °F
| Morning Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 25°C / 78 °F |
| Night Temperature | 22°C / 72 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 47% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Monday, 25th of November 2024
27°C (80 °F)
21°C (70 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
27°C (80 °F)
23°C (74 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Wednesday, 27th of November 2024
27°C (81 °F)
23°C (74 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
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 &...
TravelCandy Heron Island
TravelCandy Heron Island Visit June 2011. Presenter Lisa Perkovic www.travelcandy.com.
Dive into Heron Island - GoPro movie by Emilie Fricheteau - February 2015
The Underwater World of Heron Island
The most fantastic snorkeling you can possibly experience. !!! Watch in HD !!!
Diving the North Bommie on Heron Island
This video was taken by Stuart Ecob during one dive starting at Blue Pools and ending at North Bommie.
Daniel Szakacs filmek - Heron Island (A merész cápa)
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.
Turtle Hatchlings - Heron Island, Queensland
Baby turtles hatch and emerge out from under the sand on Heron Island to take their first steps before taking a swim in their new ocean home. April 2007.
Sunrise on Heron Island
Daniel Szakacs filmek - Heron Island (Coral sea)
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
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.
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.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Heron Island.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
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