Camping area, Gataker's Bay, Point Vernon
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Gataker's Bay, Point Vernon
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Point Vernon, Hervey Bay
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Point Vernon
Point Vernon is a coastal suburb of Hervey Bay, 35 km north of Maryborough. It was named in 1861 after Captain Charles Vernon, commander of HMS Cordelia which had conveyed Governor Bowen to Queensland in 1859.
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