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.Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 45A (Dalby to Kingaroy) and 45B (Kingaroy to Goomeri)).
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 Aboriginal Australians.
The road continues east of Goomeri as the Wide Bay Highway, connecting it to Gympie.
In 2008, the intersection with Burnett Highway was reconstructed to favour Murgon-bound traffic.
List of towns along the Bunya Highway
Dalby Bell Kumbia Kingaroy Memerambi Wooroolin Tingoora Wondai Murgon Goomeri
Major intersections
Intersecting state-controlled roads The following state-controlled roads, from south to north, intersect with the Bunya Highway: Dalby–Cooyar Road Macalister–Bell Road Kingaroy–Jandowae Road Bunya Mountains Road Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road D'Aguilar Highway Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road Chinchilla–Wondai Road Wondai–Proston Road Murgon–Gayndah Road Kilcoy–Murgon Road Burnett Highway
Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road
Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road is a state-controlled district road (number 428), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bunya Highway in to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in , a distance of . It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.
Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road
Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4206), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS). It runs from the Bunya Highway in to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in , a distance of . It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.
See also
Highways in Australia List of highways in Queensland
References