Attractions
The Discovery Coast has a number of tours, cruises and attractions that will educate and help you to enjoy the area even more. Get on board the LARC and take in the sights and history of Bustard Bay and the Heritage-listed Bustard Bay light station, where you'll enjoy one of the most spectacular panoramic views in Australia. You'll travel along Eurimbula National Park and experience the thrill of sand boarding down the dunes of Middle Island. Contact 1770 Holidays on 1800 1770 11 to get onboard the Larc. A number of day cruises depart from 1770 to visit some spectacular and protected coral cays and lagoons of the Great Barrier Reef, giving visitors the opportunity to snorkel, swim, fish, and enjoy these beautiful waters and the marine inhabitants. Tours to Lady Musgrave Island offer aspecial day of swimming and snorkeling in the warm water, and exploring the beautiful coral island. Diving opportunities are also available. Contact 1770 Great Barrier Reef Cruises on 1800 63 1770. There are a number water-based tour companies are able to assist with special tours and cruises including fishing, diving, adventure and sight-seeing on request. All operators provide a great opportunity to view the unspoilt scenery of the discovery Coast from the ocean. 1770 Liquid Adventure Tours offer a full variety of tours including kayaking. 1770 Liquid Adventure Tours also operate a beach hire service from the 1770 foreshore. For further information on tours or equipment hire contact 1770 Liquid Adventure Tours on 0428 956 630. Want to explore, but don't have a car? Drop into Agnes-1770 Car Hire and Scooter-Roos Tours to get around the Discovery Coast. Four wheel drives available to explore the National Parks and scooter hire for zipping around the streets, all you need is your drivers licence! Contact Agnes-1770 Car Hire or Scooter Roo Tours on 07 4974 7697. There are also excellent opportunities to get off the beaten track into the area's National Parks. Access by four-wheel-drive is recommended. You'll require permits and need to follow advice provided by Queensland Parks and Wildlife when you visit these areas. Eurimbula National Park, located in the Discovery Coast Area, features rainforest closer to the beach. Visitors to Eurimbula can observe mangrove fringed estuaries, fresh water paperbark swamps, coastal lowlands eucalypt forests with weeping cabbage palms to tall rainforests with towering hoop pines. It is excellent for bushwalking, boating, fishing and hiking opportunities. Also in the Discovery Coast is Deepwater National Park, with a beautiful coat and fresh water wetlands. Deepwater features an unspoilt stretch of coastline with high sand dunes backed by open forest and vine thicket with banksia heath to the west. The pristine, fresh water Deepwater Creek makes the area even more attractive. Deepwater is the perfect spot for quiet beach walking, canoeing, bird-watching and fishing. For all your fishing and canoeing needs conact Hooked on 1770 on 07 4974 9794. |
