About Scarness
Scarness is a suburb in Hervey Bay, under the local
government area of Fraser Coast Region in
Queensland.
The coastal suburb of Scarness is located 32
kilometres northwest of Maryborough, 124
kilometres southeast of Bundaberg and 292
kilometres north of Brisbane. Off Scarness Beach
is a section of rocky reef with amazing coral said to
rival sites on the Great Barrier Reef. The reef can
be explored at high or low tide. Two good access
points are out directly from Scarness Park where
you can walk straight out on to the reef in low tide,
and left of the Scarness Jetty.