Paddle Out for Whales is moving to a new location at Torquay this year because the foreshore is more easily accessible for participants, spectators and people with disabilities.

Massive kites from New Zealand in the shapes of sea creatures will be launched near Urangan Pier on August 11 setting the sky ablaze with colour at the inaugural Fraser Coast Kite Karnival.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was in Maryborough today for the official opening of Walk With the Anzacs – Gallipoli to Armistice, a memorial establishing an informative, inspiring and emotive tribute to the original Anzacs of World War I.

A rare combination of chef and commercial fisherman, Andrew Mirosch is the perfect person to host the Hervey Bay Seafood Festival’s six-course Tastes of the Bay seafood and wine experience.

On July 21, the Walk with the Anzacs – Gallipoli to Armistice memorial will be unveiled in Maryborough, bringing to life for future generations the untold stories of World War I.

Vibrant floats will illuminate Hervey Bay’s esplanade next month as the annual whale festival parade snakes its way from Scarness to Pialba.

Watch sheets and pillows turn into a giant polar bear, gaze at beautiful lighting effects in Queens Park’s magnificent banyan tree and see animations projected onto a big screen at The Magic Banyan Tree show on July 6.

Watch sheets and pillows turn into a giant polar bear, gaze at beautiful lighting effects in Queens Park’s magnificent banyan tree and see animations projected onto a big screen at The Magic Banyan Tree show on July 6.

Ceramic artist Clairy Laurence loves getting a peek inside the imaginations of people who attend her clay character workshops.

One of the Fraser Coast’s most stylish events returns to the Hervey Bay Ocean Festival this year on August 11.