Urangan State Boat Harbour master plan
Urangan State Boat Harbour is a key strategic maritime asset on the Fraser coast, providing deep water access for recreational boaties, supporting commercial and community maritime activities, is a gateway to the Great Sandy Marine Park and K’gari (Fraser Island) World Heritage Area and home to the Hervey Bay whale watching fleet.
Urangan State Boat Harbour is one of Queensland’s 8 state-owned and managed state boat harbours that form a network of important strategic maritime public assets which:
- provide safer and more efficient all-tide deep water sheltered access for recreational and commercial vessels
- support sustainable recreational and commercial boating activities and the broader maritime and tourism sectors
- support maritime-related community functions, government services and public recreation.
The department is collaborating with Economic Development Queensland to develop a master plan to help guide future activities at the harbour and broader harbour precinct.
The master plan will:
- provide a long-term vision and strategic framework to guide development and decision-making over time, ensuring the harbour and surrounds can continue to develop and renew
- be developed through an evidence-based and collaborative planning process, involving supporting technical assessments and significant stakeholder and community engagement
- create a shared vision for the future of the harbour, identify potential land and water uses, include a structure plan and design concepts, detail strategies to achieve the long-term vision and an implementation plan
- identify opportunities to stimulate a broad range of economic activity, attract investment and encourage development in the broader harbour precinct that integrates with and supports the continued operability of Urangan Bay State Harbour.
The master plan will be informed by:
- technical information and analysis
- marine infrastructure and operations
- economics, supply chain and tourism
- land and marine environmental values
- property and leasing
- planning and urban design
- stakeholder and community engagement.
Benefits
- Accessibility
- Better active transport
- Contributes to regional growth
- Contributes to economy
- Improves safety
Key features
Master plan will identify opportunities for:
- enhanced access and berthing for vessels
- enhanced access to the Great Sandy Marine Park and K’gari (Fraser Island)
- growth of the maritime and tourism sectors
- improved public access and public realm
- promoting environmental sustainability
- improved integration with surrounding areas
- driving Urangan State Boat Harbour as a destination.
Current status
Development of the master plan is underway with public consultation expected to take place in early 2026. The master plan is expected to be finalised by mid to late 2026.