Agnes Water   QLD  4677
Population: 1,800
Height above sea level: Sea level
Latitude: 24.1245,   Longitude: 151.5410
Location:   530km north of Brisbane and 70km north of Bundaberg
Highway: Off Bruce Hwy, turn off at Miriam Vale for 60km. 
Nearest Major Town: Gladstone
Nearest Airport: Gladstone
Touring Area: Gladstone Region
Seaside town and surrounded by national parks. The most northerly surf beach in Queensland. watersports, bushwalking.
It is believed to be named after the schooner Agnes which was lost off the coast there in 1873. It was a timber and sawmilling area and weekend shacks were built as its pupolarity as a beach increased.

Agnes Water - Courtesy of Tourism Queensland
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