About Urangan
Urangan is a suburb of Hervey Bay in Queensland,
Australia with the local government authority of
Fraser Coast Region. At the 2011 census, Urangan
had a population of 9,169.
To the east of Urangan lies the northern end of the
Great Sandy Strait and Fraser Island. There is small
a marina at Urangan. Whale watching tours and
ferries to Fraser Island depart from
here.
The Hervey Bay railway line once passed through
Urangan, terminating at the Urangan Pier.
Construction of the Urangan railway line
began in 1913. The last ship docked at the Urangan
pier in January 1985. In the far south west of the
suburb is the single runway Hervey Bay Airport.