Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough is a city and a suburb in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the Mary River in Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is served by the Bruce Highway. It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is approximately northeast. Together they form part of the area known as the Fraser Coast. At June 2015 Maryborough had an estimated urban population of 27,846. The city was the location for the 2013 Australian Scout Jamboree. John Mathew's 1910 map shows the country of the Gubbi Gubbi
Tropical North Queensland Wet Tropics. Within the tourism industry, the phrase is used to mean varying areas of the tropical region of the state, usually within Far North Queensland. Different government departments also have varying definitions for what is meant by "Tropical North Queensland" and Tropical Australia. Tropical North Queensland Tropical North Queensland is the northern part of Queensland, Australia, an area from about the city of Mackay north to the tip of Cape York. The tropical region of Queensland covers 54% of the state's area some , and includes the whole area above the latitude 23.5 degrees south, taking in an area