Stayed in the Boat Harbour Resort for 2 nights in September last year. Found the accommodation on the internet & booked with the resort directly. We booked a 2 bedroom villa for 4 of us & were quoted $300 for the stay.

We arrived in Hervey Bay after an overnight bus from Airlie Beach. We got a taxi from the bus station & I think it cost us about $30. We didn't realise the resort was as far away from it as it took a good 15 minutes and seemed to be getting further away from the centre. Although Hervey is a big place, to me it realy is only used as a stopover for Fraser Island, as there is not much to do at all. I had stayed there once before in a hostel and felt the same the last time also.

When we arrived, we were too early to check in, but we had known about this in advance. We were told however that they did not have a 2 bedrm villa for us anymore but that they would supply us two different villas for the same price they had quoted us. This was fine as we were 4 adults & it would give us more privacy anyway.
When we got to check in to our villas we were pleasantly surprised. Spacious, nicely equiped and nicely decorated. Our villa had a pool view which our Mum was jealous of. There were some building works going on when we were there & we believe another pool is getting built. The pool was lovely & my Mum & I did sit down by it for a little while.

The other day we were in Hervey we went on a one day trip to Fraser Island/Lake McKenzie which was really good. The owners Rosalind & Robin arranged it for us & I think it cost us around $155 each. That was an early morning pick up & drop off at night. I would recommend it & also the scenic flight over Fraser that you get the option to do for around $60.

Both evenings we went along to the Boat Club & had a meal & drinks there which were lovely and very reasonable. There didn't seem to be too much else round about within walking distance so that suited us fine.

Overall the Boat Harbour Resort was a nice small place, good price & was fine for a couple of nights when we just wanted to use it as a base for going to Fraser Island.