The Goondiwindi region is a fishing haven, with a wide variety of fishing for you to enjoy. From the clear, rocky upper reaches of the Dumaresq River to the muddy waters of the lower Macintyre River, creeks, lagoons and Coolmunda Dam, you will have plenty of options to weigh up.
Picturesque public and private areas for camping abound, so come for a weekend or come for a week, you won’t be disappointed.
Visit the Goondiwindi Regional Council website to find our local fishing brochure for all the information on where you can and can’t fish, and what you’ll find in their waters.
Discover an island with a Jurassic outlook which abounds in flora, fauna, palm fringed beaches and extensive mangrove lined waterways. Hinchinbrook Island offers extensive flats and channel systems which are home to many prime tropical sportfish.
This region boasts one of the few places in Australia where that much prized fly fishing adversary, the Permit (Snub Nosed Dart), can be targeted with some level of anticipation.
Fishing with the majestic backdrop of Hinchinbrook Island is spectacular enough, but to be able to target good quality sportfish including barramundi, mangrove jacks, trevally, queenfish, salmon, fingermark, grunter and cod, makes this a fishing experience you'll never forget.
Due to the magnificent mangrove environment, relative isolation in comparison to waters closer to Cairns and the lack of fishing pressure, this region is renowned for producing quality sportfish that are of a better average size than more heavily fished locations. The surrounding areas of Lucinda and Cardwell also offer great land based fishing with Duncan Wharf, Lucinda Wharf, Taylor's and Forrest Beaches being popular hot spots.
Lake Forbes hosts two accessible fishing areas that are popular with visitors and locals. One is located at Lions Park, adjacent to a cafe, playground and walking paths. A carp disposal fish pit is located nearby.
A second accessible fishing area is located near the Wiradjuri Dreaming Centre as a wide footbridge over the lake itself. Seating is available at both locations with parking nearby.
Fisho's Tackle World Hervey Bay is a Hervey Bay icon that has been operating for over 40 years and has established itself as the premier fishing tackle store on the Fraser Coast.
Hervey Bay is quite unique as there is a distinct cross over between northern and southern species and anglers are literally spoilt for choice. Whether heading offshore chasing big pelagics and reef fish, exploring their vast and expansive estuary systems or enjoying the picturesque sweetwater lakes, then a visit to Fisho's will always ensure that you are armed with the best local advice and the equipment to give you the best chance of success.
The staff at Fisho's, with their countless combined years of local experience are all experts in their field as when they're not working in the store they're out on the water exploring and chasing all manner of species, specialising in everything from fresh to saltwater. Regardless of whether you're a complete novice, part time fisherman with limited success or a seasoned angler the team at Fisho's can advise you on all the right gear, techniques and locations to catch your target species.
Fisho's stocks a huge range of gear, at very competitive prices, to cater for any situation and carry all the major brands, as well as offering a complete in house service and repair department.
Enhance your holiday with some of your regular health routines at Fitness Venue Whitsunday.
Fitness Venue's facilities and services include a range of options for strength training, cardio training, functional training, gravity training and Olympic lifting.
The Venue also includes a range of group fitness options including Les Mills classes, boxing & bike, Pilates and Yoga.
Any visit can include an Ice bath or Infrared Sauna.
The Fitz Roy Iron Works was the first iron works in Australia, which operated between 1848 to the 1890s and established the industry in this country. The enterprise struggled to be successful over the subsequent decades, but assisted in establishing the iron industry in Australia.
The exposed remains of the protected site are located in the underground car park of Highlands Marketplace, 197 Old Hume Highway, Mittagong NSW. These remains have been conserved, maintained and displayed with permanent public access provided as part of the interpretation, communication and celebration of the history of the significant place.
The Historic Walk is a self-guided walk focusing on the Ironworks that helped shape the town of Mittagong.
Almost a fifth of all Western Australia's plant species thrive in the diverse landscapes of the Fitzgerald Biosphere, many of these are found nowhere else on Earth. Little wonder this flora hotspot is internationally recognised as one of the world's most botanically significant regions, with a listing in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Fitzgerald River National Park is the centre of the Biosphere and covers more than 300,000 hectares on the south coast of Western Australia, between Bremer Bay and Hopetoun. Only a two-hour drive east of Albany, a 4.5-hour drive west of Esperance, or a 6.5-hour drive southeast of Perth.
Take the unsealed road (suitable for two-wheel drives) and walk trails into the heart of the southern wilderness, exploring dramatic peaks, breakaways and plains.
Or follow the sealed coastal road, passing a string of untouched beaches to Point Ann - one of just three special locations in Australia where southern right whales calve in large numbers. Between July and October, you can get a front-row seat at this spectacular show.
Two camping grounds in the park offer the full wilderness experience.
The pristine wilderness of Fitzgerald River National Park is perfect for anyone with a love of nature and a thirst for adventure.
Go bushwalking, camping, canoeing, fishing and whale-watching.
It’s recognised as one of the most diverse botanical regions on earth with around 1,800 species of flowering plants alone. In spring, the landscape is dotted with colourful wildflowers including Banksias, Hakeas, Bottlebrush, Feather flowers, Quaalup bell and many others.
Fitzgerald River National Park is made up of coastal hills collectively known as the Barrens, interesting spongelike cliffs that are made of soft rock formed millions of years ago and featuring the fossils of sea sponges. From the cliffs of Point Ann see the southern right and Humpback whales migrating along the coast in winter.
Fitzgerald River National Park is about a two-hour drive north east of Albany.
Campgrounds are located on the western side at Saint Mary Inlet and on the eastern side of the park at Four Mile Campground. Camp fees apply.
Know before you go and check for alerts, emergency incidents and road/park closures www.emergency.wa.gov.au and https://alerts.dbca.wa.gov.au.
The flat expanse at this picnic area is a great place for the kids to kick a ball or throw a Frisbee to work up an appetite. After a tasty picnic or barbecue lunch, relax on your picnic rug, take in some sunshine or set off on an exploration of the park there's heaps to do including the nearby Yeramba Lagoon loop track.
Fitzpatrick Park is just the place for a spot of family fishing cast a line to try your hand at catching a luderick, mullet or mulloway. If you'd like to go on a boating or paddling adventure, you can launch your canoe or kayak from the nearby boat ramp.
Take a virtual tour of Fitzpatrick Park captured with Google Street View Trekker.
Fitzroy Falls offers a spectacular national park experience. In addition to magnificent waterfalls, it is a great place to experience a lyrebird singing along one of the walking tracks, vistas into the rainforest gullies of Morton National Park from one or more of the many lookouts, a bush picnic by the creek or a refreshing cuppa in the Falls Cafe.
Tourist information, maps, interpretative displays, souvenirs, local craft, annual Parks Passes and Discovery Tours (prior booking required) are available at the Visitor Centre.
When you pull up at Fitzroy Falls picnic area, you'll hear the waterfalls before you see them. It's a short walk to the spectacular Fitzroy Falls, where water plummets over 80m to the deep rainforest ravine below and the views across the escarpment are not to be missed.
As you're sparking up the barbecue or unpacking the picnic, you might see one of the resident lyrebirds or an inquisitive swamp wallaby. Green catbirds and eastern whipbirds live in the surrounding bushland, so keep an ear out for their distinctive calls. Look for the iconic waratah, the state flower of NSW, with its long stem and vibrant red flower in spring.
If you feel like stretching your legs, try the West Rim walking track or if you're visiting in spring don't miss the East Rim wildflower walk.
The nearby Fitzroy Falls Visitor Centre provides displays and information on tours and walks. If you feel like indulging, the caf serves scrumptious coffee and cake.
Riding along trails on Fitzroy Falls to Kangaroo Valley cycling route, you’ll see the best of Morton National Park. Some sections of the 30 kilometre bike ride are steep, making it a challenging adventure for all types of bikers.
Cycling to the top of Meryla Pass, head down through Yarrunga Creek Valley and finish in one of the most beautiful towns in the Southern Highlands. Some bike riders do the journey in a day, but there’s also the option make a weekend getaway to camp overnight at Griffins Farm.
Choose from one of many scenic spots nearby to enjoy a leisurely lunch with some snacks. Don’t forget your camera if you want to capture some spectacular scenery. Be sure to keep an eye out for wombats, kangaroos and lyrebirds, living in the area.
Fitzroy Island is a popular day trip from Cairns and has a surprising amount of marine life. This charming continental island is close to the mainland, so doesn’t have great visibility. Around the island are rocky reefs with varying amounts of coral cover. Snorkelers generally stick to the shallows, but will still encounter a good variety of small reef fish and invertebrates. While the odd turtle and stingray can be seen, if you look under ledges you have a good chance of seeing a small and harmless epaulette shark.
Diving from the shore or boat, divers can explore rocky reefs in depths to 15 metres at Fitzroy Island. The corals are generally better in deeper water, with a variety of hard and soft corals providing shelter for reef fish, crabs, shrimps, sea stars and the odd stingray. Fitzroy Island is not going to appeal to experienced divers, but for the beginner it is a great introduction to the marine world.
Situated 32 nautical miles (or 90 minutes) from Seventeen Seventy is the spectacular 2,000 acre Fitzroy Reef. The only naturally formed, all tidal entrance Lagoon on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, it boasts a diverse range of spectacular corals and bommies - perfect for snorkelling and scuba diving.
Marine life that call Fitzroy Reef Lagoon home include Manta rays, Bull rays, Eagle rays, the Lagoon ray with its iridescent blue spots and also the black blotched stingray, Dolphins (bottlenose, common and spinner), Turtles (Loggerhead, Green and Hawksbill) and up to 1,000 different species of small colourful fish. Visitors can expect to see nearly one million individual fish while snorkelling the bombies of Fitzroy. Sharks (white and black tip reef sharks) majestically cruise through the Lagoon - totally uninterested in people.
Access to Fitzroy Reef Lagoon is by private vessel.
The mighty Fitzroy River is one of the Kimberley region’s most important and iconic waterways, carving out ancient gorges and flowing through rugged hills and plains for a distance of 750 kilometres.
It flows through Geikie Gorge National Park and discharges into the sea at King Sound, south of Derby.
At many places along the banks of the Fitzroy River you go camping and fishing for barramundi.
It has a catchment area of 90,000 square kilometres of which half is above the township of Fitzroy Crossing.
In flood, the Fitzroy River becomes one of the world’s biggest rivers.
It’s an awesome sight with 30,000 cubic metres of water per second gushing over the bridge at Fitzroy Crossing.
During the dry season, much of the river stops flowing, leaving permanent waterholes along the river and surrounding floodplains. These pockets of water are critical for waterbirds, fish and other wildlife to survive – and also make for refreshing swimming holes.
You can access the Fitzroy River at Fitzroy Crossing, Geikie Gorge National Park or at Derby where it meets the ocean.
Experience the beauty of coastal landscape on Five Islands walking track as you explore the surrounding salt and fresh water environments. Setting out from Saltwater picnic area, this flat to gently rippled walk meanders through coastal heath and paperbark swamp before it crosses over Saltwater Gully, where you’ll enter Khappinghat Nature Reserve in the west.
Aboriginal heritage is plentiful at Saltwater National Park, and along this walk you'll see traces of their heritage in the form of scarred trees, middens and fish traps.
Saltwater Gully forms part of a system of waterways which means you’ll experience rainforest, mangroves, salt flats, sedge and wetlands, all in one walk. Khappinghat Creek, where you can see the 'five islands', is the largest area of undeveloped wetlands and the only naturally opening and closing estuarine system on the mid north coast of NSW.
The Five Mile Waterhole is a great little waterhole which is quiet and shady location with plenty of room for keen fishermen.
The Five Mile Fishing Hole is not far from Blackall on the Landsborough Highway heading north. Turn left at the "Riverview"/"Garden" sign. Follow the road along then take track down between the two houses. There is all vehicle access to this fishing hole.
Only a short eight kilometre drive from town, the Five Mile Fishing Hole boasts clear water where fishing enthusiast can use bait or lures to capture their quarry. Spacious and shady, a great place to relax while throwing in a line.
Set on the banks of the beautiful Murray River in Murray Valley Regional Park, adjacent to Murray Valley National Park, Five Mile picnic area is the perfect place for a relaxing riverside picnic or a day of water sports.
In February, it's the place to be when the Southern 80 Ski Race bursts onto the river. March is a great time to try your luck fishing, during the annual fishing classic. But all year round it's a spectacular spot to relax and take in the scenery of the magnificent river red gums along the river.
Five Mile picnic area has easy access and plenty of parking for your car and boat trailer. It's an ideal spot to launch your boat, kayak or canoe. Enjoy paddling along this iconic river, as well as water skiing and swimming. Also, the world-class Five Mile mountain bike trail is nearby. Since it's part of Murray Valley Regional Park, you can even bring your dog along to the picnic area, though dogs aren't permitted on the singletrack mountain bike trail network.
For fishing folk, there are five rivers of the fishing trail in the Balranald region, which include the Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Wakool, Edward and Murray Rivers. Balranald Shire Council assists local fishing clubs in restocking these rivers with native fish.
The five rivers are within 30 minutes of Balranald township.
Whether you chase Murray cod, yellow belly, perch or redfin, fishing the Five Rivers Fishing Trail will have you telling plenty of fishing tales. The Five Rivers Fishing Trail map provides an easy reference to all the best spots and can be picked up from the Balranald Visitor Information Centre.
See where five mighty Kimberley Rivers meet and flow into the ocean at Five Rivers Lookout in Wyndham.
There are spectacular views across the Ord, Forrest, King, Durack and Pentecost Rivers.
You can also see where the rivers enter the Cambridge Gulf and surrounding mangrove swamps, mudflats and hills.
The Five Rivers Lookout sits on Wyndham's Bastion Range which at its highest point, is 360 metres above the township.
The best views are early in the morning or at dusk as the sun sinks over the gulf lighting up the water in a blaze of colour. Pack a picnic and enjoy the view.
When the wind conditions are good, the Bastion Range is also the launch site for hang gliders.
The Five Rivers Lookout is a few minutes drive from the centre of Wyndham.
Standing proudly at the entrance to Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, Five Shields is a powerful public artwork created by Daniel Roberts, Tania Marlowe, and Marcus Ferguson.
This sculpture, located near the roundabout and crafted from corten consists of five shields, each shield supported by a tall spear. The shields represent the five camps of local Nyangbal people - East Ballina, West Ballina, Duck Creek, Boundary Creek/Broadwater and Lennox Head.
These shields stand as a proud acknowledgement to the traditional owners, local Nyangbal people of the Bundjalung Nation celebrating our culture and wishing safe journey to all those that pass here.
The shields reference the important cultural history of the Ballina Shire - local Nyangbal, people, culture and country.
Daniel Roberts is a young Aboriginal artist who works with native Australian timbers to create traditional artefacts such as boomerangs, spears, and shields, each infused with cultural meaning.
Tania Marlowe, a Bundjalung artist and co-founder of Jugan Dandii, is known for her weaving practice that connects community and environment, continuing cultural traditions through contemporary expression.
Marcus Ferguson is a Nyangbal Goorie from Ballina and Cabbage Tree Island whose art celebrates the birds, animals, and cultural stories of the lower Richmond River region, keeping them alive through his vibrant visual storytelling.
Fivebough Wetlands, located to the north-east of Leeton, in the Riverina region of NSW is Crown Reserve designated under the Ramsar Convention as a Wetland of International Importance for conserving biological diversity. (R1030008)
The wetlands contain a habitat of exceptional quality for water birds, particularly waders. Around 174 different species of bird have been observed at Fivebough to date. Keep your eyes peeled for rare and threatened species like the Australian painted snipe, magpie goose and freckled duck.
Don't miss the Budyaan Baamirra Centre and Wiradjuri Garden where you can discover the significance of the wetlands to the local Aboriginal people.
First or last light of the day, when the air is cool, is generally a good time to spy water-birds and small birds out and about feeding when their prey is also active. There are four bird viewing shelters along the Wetlands Walk track, named after unique bird species which visit or inhabit the Fivebough Wetlands.
The approximate area of Fivebough Wetlands is 342 hectares.
Call into Leeton Visitors Information Centre prior to visiting to obtain maps and local bird information.
Fives Leaves Left is a boutique shop offering a curated selection of lo-fi & natural wines and new & used books. Located in the heart of nipaluna / Hobart surrounded by eateries, wine bars, and a variety of special interest stores, Fives Leaves Left is a must to visit for all wine and book lovers.
You will be greeted by friendly and knowledgeable staff who are always ready to offer recommendations based on your individual taste or who will otherwise talk you into taking an adventurous step to try something new.
Get sweeping views of rainforest, reef and beach at Port Douglas’ ultimate viewing point. Just a short distance from the town’s main street, you can drive, walk or ride up the trail to the top of Flagstaff Hill and be rewarded with stunning views over the Coral Sea to the Low Isles and Snapper Island to the north.
To access the walking trail, head to the steps at the north end of Four Mile Beach or at Rex Smeal Park. Complete the whole trail, or simply walk to the several lookout points and head back along the same route you came from.
