Eurong

History

The name Eurong is believed to be a Kabi language word meaning rain forest. By 1937, the settlement had developed and included a dance hall. Groups of people started to come from Maryborough and Pialba to Eurong for sightseeing, swimming, picnicking, and dancing, the beginning of the tourist industry that exists today.

Geography

The island of K'gari is divided into two localities, one very small one, Eurong, and very large one called K'gari (the locality not the island, with Happy Valley its only town). Eurong is on the east coast of K'gari facing the Coral Sea about one quarter of the length of the island from its southern tip. Consequently, on the land, Eurong is completely surrounded by the locality of K'gari. The coastline of Eurong is approx of the Seventy Five Mile Beach which extends to the north and south beyond Eurong. The town of Eurong is immediately west of the beach.

Most-observed species

• gray wolf

  Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  235
• Torresian Crow

  Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 · Aves
  224
• Lewin's Honeyeater

  Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) · Aves
  198
• Welcome Swallow

  Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842 · Aves
  187
• Bar-shouldered Dove

  Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
  167
• White-cheeked Honeyeater

  Phylidonyris niger (Bechstein, 1811) · Aves
  161
• Laughing Kookaburra

  Dacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) · Aves
  142
• Great Crested Tern

  Thalasseus bergii (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves
  142