Tuan Forest, Queensland
locality in Queensland, Australia
Tuan Forest is a coastal locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region, both in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Tuan Forest had "no people or a very low population".
The mostly undeveloped town of Tawan is on the south-east cost of the locality (25.7444°S 152.9322°E / -25.7444; 152.9322 (Tawan)) within the Fraser Coast Region.
Geography
The Great Sandy Strait forms part of the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of the locality.
The Maryborough Cooloola Road enters the locality from the north-west (Boonooroo Plains) and forms the north-eastern boundary of the locality before proceeding south through the locality, exiting to the south-east (Tin Can Bay).
The locality is within the Tuan State Forest. The land use is a mixture of plantation and production forestry, apart from some residences in the town of Tawan.
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Tuan Forest had "no people or a very low population".
In the 2021 census, Tuan Forest had "no people or a very low population".
Education
There are no schools in Tuan Forest.
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