Bunya Highway

Bunya Highway

Bunya Highway (green and black)
General information
TypeHighway
Length173 km (107 mi)
Route number(s) State Route 49
Major junctions
North end Burnett Highway (State Highway A3) /
Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49), Goomeri
  D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96)
South end Warrego Highway (National Highway A2) /
Moonie Highway, (State Route 49), Dalby
Location(s)
Major settlementsMurgon, Wondai, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Bell
Highway system
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The Bunya Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia. It is a relatively short road, running approximately 173 kilometres in a south-westerly direction from Goomeri to Dalby. The highway connects the Warrego and Burnett Highways.[1]

It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 45A (Dalby to Kingaroy) and 45B (Kingaroy to Goomeri)).[2][3][4]

The Bunya Highway passes near the Bunya Mountains National Park, which is popular with tourists. The highway is named after the Bunya-bunya Araucaria bidwilli, which grows in the area and the seeds of which were (and still are) a favourite food of the Aborigines.

The road continues east of Goomeri as the Wide Bay Highway, connecting it to Gympie.[5]

In 2008, the intersection with Burnett Highway was reconstructed to favour Murgon-bound traffic.

  1. ^ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
  2. ^ The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Darling Downs district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Wide Bay / Burnett district map - Page 1" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.