River Heads is a town in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, 18 km south of the city of Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay, Queensland

Hervey Bay is a city in Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane, and lies on the coast of a natural bay between the Queensland mainland and nearby Fraser Island. The local economy relies on tourism, for which whale watching, Fraser Island and...

. The town is built on a narrow peninsula surrounded by the Great Sandy Strait

Great Sandy Strait

The Great Sandy Strait is an 70 km Australian sand passage estuary separating mainland Queensland, from World Heritage listed Fraser Island.-Description:...

 (to the east), the mouth of the Mary River

Mary River (Queensland)

The Mary River is a river system in South East Queensland, Australia. The river rises at Booroobin in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, west of Landsborough...

 (south) and the mouth of the Susan River

Susan River (Queensland)

The Susan River is a short river that flows in an easterly direction, south of Hervey Bay in Queensland. It is a tributary of the Mary River, joining the Mary River at River Heads in the Great Sandy Strait....

 (a tributary of the Mary) to the west. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, River Heads had a population of 931.

Vehicular ferries linking the mainland with Wanggoolba Creek

Wanggoolba Creek

Wanggoolba Creek is a fresh water creek on Fraser Island with its source in the Pile Valley and mouth on the Western shores of the island. Wanggoolba Creek at Central Station is a popular tourist destination due to the crystal clear waters flowing over white sand through a rainforest valley. Ferry...

 and Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser Island depart from River Heads.