The town of Kingaroy is located 220 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, 140 kilometres south-west of Gympie, 200 kilometres south-west of Maryborough and 160 kilometres north-west of Toowoomba. The Shire itself lies within the Wide Bay Burnett Statistical Division.

Kingaroy is the regional centre of the South Burnett and is located almost at its geographic centre. Kingaroy township is the terminus of the D'Aguilar Highway (it joins the Bunya Highway here). The Burnett Highway passes through our eastern boundaries as well. These roads make it very easy to reach us from the south, the north or the west.

The major town in our Shire is Kingaroy (population: around 8,500) and our two major villages are Kumbia and Wooroolin (population: around 500 each).

We're becoming increasingly well-known for our three major annual events: the Wine & Food In The Park Festival (held every March); the Burrandowan Picnic Races (held each May);  and the Kingaroy Peanut Festival (held every September). Each of these now attract thousands of visitors from all over South East Queensland for the spectacles and great family fun they offer.

 

Our Shire is located on top of the Great Dividing Range and we have a cooler, drier climate than adjacent coastal areas with very little humidity. Most rainfall in the area occurs during the summer months (October - March), and temperatures range from warm to hot in summer to frosty nights followed by warm, sunny days in winter.

One very appealing aspect of our Shire for many people is our relaxed pace of life. In an increasingly stressed modern age more and more people have begun resettling here in recent years to provide themselves and their children with the real benefits of a country lifestyle - fresh air, fresh food and the space to relax and be yourself.

And although Kingaroy is probably best known as Australia's Peanut Capital, since the early 1990s we've also become one of the two major hubs of the South Burnett wine industry. So we're likely to become Queensand's Hunter Valley during the next 20 years as well.

Our housing prices are extremely affordable compared to coastal areas. We have modern amenities (including public and private hospitals, shopping centres, a library, an art gallery, museums, a cinema, aquatic complex and youth park). We're also an area not at risk from rising sea levels, tsunamis or terrorism. And we have plenty of opportunities for skilled people in every walk of life from the trades to the professions

So if this appeals to you, then I'd encourage you to visit us in person. We're only two hours drive from Brisbane and about the same from the Sunshine Coast or Wide Bay.

And - most importantly - once you've been to Kingaroy Shire I'm sure you'll like us!