What's on in Hervey Bay, Australia through the year

Peak crowds — Queensland summer holidays, Summer holidays in Australia

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Storm season (1 Nov – 30 Apr), Queensland summer holidays (11 Dec – 27 Jan (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Storm season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Holiday

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBook early

  Good Friday to Easter Monday is a four-day national long weekend, usually next to or inside the autumn school holidays. Australians travel in large numbers, so flights, campsites and accommodation book out early and cost more, and most shops close on Good Friday. Source ↗

Still on: Storm season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Peak crowds — Easter long weekend, Autumn / Easter break in Australia

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Easter long weekend (3–6 Apr), Storm season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in May.

Peak crowds — Queensland winter holidays, Winter (July) break in Australia

• Holiday

  Queensland winter holidays

  26 Jun – 13 Jul · usuallySchool holidaysCrowded

  The two-week winter break lands exactly as the first whales arrive, which is the busiest fortnight the marina sees. Book the cruise before you book the room. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Queensland winter holidays, Hervey Bay Whale Festival

• Nature

  Humpbacks in the bay

  5 Jul – 25 Oct · usuallyWhale seasonBook early

  Humpbacks break their southern run in the flat water behind K'gari, mothers and calves resting for days at a time. The boats are back at Urangan by mid-afternoon and rarely miss.

• Festival

  Hervey Bay Whale Festival

  10 Jul – 30 AugMajor festivalCrowded

  A Blessing of the Fleet opens whale season in July, and the festival proper lands on the last weekend of August: a family day, an illuminated night parade and a paddle-out tribute to the whales. Source ↗

Still on: Queensland winter holidays (26 Jun – 13 Jul (usually))

Busy — Hervey Bay Whale Festival, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Humpbacks in the bay (5 Jul – 25 Oct (usually)), Hervey Bay Whale Festival (10 Jul – 30 Aug)

Busy — Spring break in Australia, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Humpbacks in the bay (5 Jul – 25 Oct (usually))

Busy — Spring break in Australia, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Humpbacks in the bay (5 Jul – 25 Oct (usually))

Busy — one of its best months for weather

• Hazard

  Storm season

  1 Nov – 30 Apr

  Queensland's storm season runs November to April, and this stretch of coast sees the tail of systems that cross further north as much as it sees cyclones of its own. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Queensland summer holidays, Summer holidays in Australia

• Holiday

  Queensland summer holidays

  11 Dec – 27 Jan · usuallySchool holidaysCrowded

  Six weeks of school holidays fill the esplanade motels and the K'gari barges with family four-wheel-drives, in the half of the year with no whales in the water. Source ↗

Still on: Storm season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)