Bunya Highway

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]

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

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.[2]

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

List of towns along the Bunya Highway

Major intersections

LGALocationkmmiDestinationsNotes
GympieGoomeri00.0 Burnett Highway (State Route A3) north - Ban Ban Springs /
Wide Bay Highway (State Route 49) east - Kilkivan
Northern end of Bunya Highway. Northern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway
1.81.1 Burnett Highway (State Route A3) south - NanangoSouthern concurrency terminus with Burnett Highway
South BurnettKingaroy62.038.5 D'Aguilar Highway (State Route 96) east - Nanango
Kumbia94.658.8Bunya Mountains Road - south - Bunya Mountains
Western DownsDalby170.3105.8Dalby-Cooyar Road - east - Cooyar
172.2107.0 Warrego Highway (National Route A2) east - Toowoomba /
west - Chinchilla
Southern end of Bunya Highway.
State Route 49 continues north-west for 450 metres, duplexed with the Warrego Highway, before turning south-west as the Moonie Highway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
  2. Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.


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