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Mackay and Whitsunday

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Overview

Population Over 160,000 people
Area 10,700 square kilometres
Sub-regions
  • Bowen
  • Mackay
  • Hinterland (Moranbah, Nebo, Dysart, Middlemount)
  • Whitsunday
Key infrastructure
  • 21 operational coal mines
  • Manufacturing and engineering services
  • Over $A3 billion in planned investment in the region’s 4 major ports
  • Rapidly expanding industrial precincts close to the Mackay CBD
  • Transport networks support the mining and agricultural industries
  • Agricultural and horticultural industry infrastructure with strong connections to manufacturing and logistics sectors
  • Several large-scale marina developments are planned or underway
Main industry
  • Mining services
  • Marine services

Accommodation

  • Modern-style houses and apartments
  • Traditional wooden ’Queenslander‘ houses

Education

Transport

  • Air
    • Mackay airport—1 hour and 25 minutes to Brisbane by Qantas, Virgin Blue or Jet Star
  • Rail
    • Tilt Train stops in Mackay en route from Brisbane to Cairns
  • Road
    • The national highway runs through the region

Cultural facilities

  • Natural attractions—Great Barrier Reef, Eungella National Park and the Whitsunday Islands
  • Mackay Convention Centre
  • Tourist accommodation facilities
  • Airlie Beach outdoor precinct

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Last updated
30 July 2012

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