Heronvale

History

Edgecumbe Bay was named on 4 June 1770 by Lieutenant James Cook on HM Bark Endeavour after George Edgcumbe who had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy and, as a Rear Admiral, was Commander in Chief at Plymouth, England, from 1766 to 1770. Brisk Bay was named after HMS Brisk on service at the Australia Station from 1864 to 1968. The town was named on 1 November 1963 by the Queensland Place Names Board.

Geography

Heronvale is on the south-east coast of the locality of Bowen facing Brisk Bay () and Edgecumbe Bay ().

Most-observed species

• Silver Gull

  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
  439
• Rainbow Lorikeet

  Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) · Aves
  375
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  371
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  330
• Blue-faced Honeyeater

  Entomyzon cyanotis (Latham, 1801) · Aves
  329
• Crested Pigeon

  Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves
  311
• Masked Lapwing

  Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  293
• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  284

Most recent

• M 5 — 2020-04-15
  32 km NNW of Whitsundays, Australia
• M 4.3 — 2016-08-18
  50 km N of Whitsundays, Australia
• M 4 — 2016-08-18
  43 km N of Whitsundays, Australia
• M 5.7 — 2016-08-18
  37 km NNW of Whitsundays, Australia
• M 4.3 — 2011-09-17
  44 km NNW of Collinsville, Australia
• M 4 — 2011-04-16
  45 km NNW of Collinsville, Australia