Bunya Highway | |
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| Bunya Highway (green and black) | |
| General information | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 173 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 settlements | Murgon, Wondai, Kingaroy, Kumbia, Bell |
| Highway system | |
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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]
It is a state-controlled regional road (numbers 45A (Dalby to Kingaroy) and 45B (Kingaroy to Goomeri)).[2][3][4]
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.[5]
In 2008, the intersection with Burnett Highway was reconstructed to favour Murgon-bound traffic.
- ^ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
- ^ The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Darling Downs district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Wide Bay / Burnett district map - Page 1" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.