About River Heads
River Heads is a town in Queensland, Australia, 18
kilometres (11 mi) south of the city of Hervey Bay.
River Heads is built on a narrow peninsula
surrounded by the Great Sandy Strait (to the east),
the mouth of the Mary River (south) and the
mouth of the Susan River (a tributary of the Mary)
to the west. At the 2011 census, River
Heads had a population of 1,294.
Vehicular ferries linking the mainland with
Wanggoolba Creek and Kingfisher Bay Resort
on Fraser Island depart from River Heads. The
journey to Fraser Island takes 45 minutes.