65km south of Gladstone the Shire of Miriam Vale is a solid farming community. Cattle grazing and dairy farming plays a large part in the overall prosperity of the area. Timber cutting and milling have also been important and remain so. It is an area of contrasts from the rolling ranges along the Great Divide to the lush and fertile lowlands, and the coastal towns to the Town of 1770, Agnes Water and Turkey Beach.
The town is the jumping off point to both the coastal attractions with the twin town of Agnes Water and the Town of 1770 and the rural areas of Lowmead, Rosedale, Bororen and Many Peaks. The area's hills and mountains preserve some untouched wilderness for Four Wheel Driving and hiking - like the coastal Eurimbula, Rodds Peninsula and Deepwater National Parks, rugged Mount Colosseum National Park rising 470 metres just south of the town and the isolated rainforests of the Bilburrin State Forest.
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