Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Bowen had a population of 10,377 people.
Top: Playground at Bowen Foreshore, Middle left: Bowen Foreshore, Middle right: Walkway along Santa Barbara parade, Bottom left: Muller's Lagoon, Bottom right: Bowen Skatebowl
Bowen Turf Club, ca. 1910
George Elphinstone Dalrymple
Catalina flying boats from No. 11 Squadron RAAF.
The Whitsunday Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local government in Queensland in 1879.
Aerial view of Proserpine, the service & administrative centre and ultimately gateway to the region by road, rail and air
Proserpine, a major population centre in the Whitsunday Region, home to the region's hospital, railway station, airport and a variety of educational facilities from early education up to secondary school.