Bunya Highway

Queensland
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 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.

List of towns along the Bunya Highway

Old closed shops on Bunya Highway, main street in Memerambi, 2023

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

Intersecting state-controlled roads

The following state-controlled roads, from south to north, intersect with the Bunya Highway:

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road

LocationBunya Highway, Taabinga to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Chahpingah
Length64.4 km (40.0 mi)

Kingaroy–Burrandowan Road is a state-controlled district road (number 428), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).[2][4] It runs from the Bunya Highway in Taabinga to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in Chahpingah, a distance of 64.4 kilometres (40.0 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.[6]

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road

LocationBunya Highway, Memerambi to Chinchilla–Wondai Road, Wilkesdale
Length25.1 km (15.6 mi)

Memerambi–Gordonbrook Road is a state-controlled district road (number 4206), rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).[2][4] It runs from the Bunya Highway in Memerambi to Chinchilla–Wondai Road in Wilkesdale, a distance of 25.1 kilometres (15.6 mi). It does not intersect with any state-controlled roads.[7]

See also

References

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  1. ^ Queensland Government - Department of Transport and Main Roads - Maps
  2. ^ a b c The State Road Network of Queensland (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Darling Downs district map" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads ©State of Queensland [CC BY 4.0]. 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "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.
  5. ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
  6. ^ Google (8 November 2022). "Taabinga to Chahpingah" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  7. ^ Google (8 November 2022). "Memerambi to Wilkesdale" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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