Point Vernon

The Toogoom to Point Vernon Shorebird Area lies along the Hervey Bay coastline north of Maryborough in south-eastern Queensland. Extending from the beaches of Hervey Bay city through Point Vernon and the Eli and O’Regan Creek estuaries to north of the Beelbi Creek mouth, the area features extensive intertidal sand flats, bars, and spits. Mangrove and saltflat systems fringe the estuaries and coastline, while freshwater wetlands inland are dominated by wallum heath, sedgeland, and swamp forest. Low-energy sandy beaches and intertidal mudflats provide valuable foraging and roosting habitat for migratory shorebirds.

Toogoom to Point Vernon Shorebird Area:

Internationally significant: Siberian Sand-Plover

Nationally significant: Shorebird Aggregation, Red-necked Stint, Siberian Sand-Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Great Knot, Greater Sand-Plover, Eurasian Whimbrel, Far Eastern Curlew