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Sarina is a town in central Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is situated south of the city of Mackay
Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
, and approximately north of the city of Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years. The most recent census was conducted on 8 August 2006....
, Sarina had a population of 3,285.

Sarina lies just inland of the coast on the Bruce Highway
Bruce Highway

The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. Running from the state capital, Brisbane, to Cairns, Queensland in Far North Queensland, the route is a part of the Australian National Highway ....
. Industries include sugar cane growing and milling, cattle grazing and agriculture. Proximity to the coast and mountains also attracts tourists to this area. It is a major supplier of ethanol
Ethanol

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatility , flammable, colorless liquid....
 through the CSR Limited
CSR Limited

CSR Limited is a major Australian industrial company, producing aluminium, sugar products , and construction products. It is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange....
 distillery attached to CSR's Plane Creek sugar mill.

Sarina is very much a rugby league
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 town.






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Sarina is a town in central Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It is situated south of the city of Mackay
Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
, and approximately north of the city of Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years. The most recent census was conducted on 8 August 2006....
, Sarina had a population of 3,285.

Sarina lies just inland of the coast on the Bruce Highway
Bruce Highway

The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. Running from the state capital, Brisbane, to Cairns, Queensland in Far North Queensland, the route is a part of the Australian National Highway ....
. Industries include sugar cane growing and milling, cattle grazing and agriculture. Proximity to the coast and mountains also attracts tourists to this area. It is a major supplier of ethanol
Ethanol

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatility , flammable, colorless liquid....
 through the CSR Limited
CSR Limited

CSR Limited is a major Australian industrial company, producing aluminium, sugar products , and construction products. It is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange....
 distillery attached to CSR's Plane Creek sugar mill.

Sarina is very much a rugby league
Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
 town. Home of the Mighty Sarina Crocodiles, producing Queensland legends Martin Bella
Martin Bella

Martin Bella is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A Rugby league positions#Prop forward, he achieved national and state representation and played club football for various teams in Queensland, New South Wales and England....
, Dale Shearer
Dale Shearer

Dale Shearer is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s of Indigenous Australians heritage. Playing mostly at fullback, he represented Australia and Queensland and played club football in Queensland, New South Wales and England....
, Kevin Campion
Kevin Campion

Kevin Campion is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. His positions of choice were in the Rugby_League_positions#Second-row_forwards and at Rugby_league_positions#Loose_Forward....
 and most recently dual international Wendell Sailor
Wendell Sailor

Wendell Jermaine Sailor is an Australian professional rugby football player who has represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union - a dual code international....
.

The world famous "Big Cane Toad" is situated in the town center in honor of Sarina's proud cane farming history.

There is a State Primary School as well as Sarina State High School
Sarina State High School

Sarina State High School is located in the small rural town of Sarina, Queensland, Australia. The school had 600 students in 2007 with a reported 20 percent continuing studies at University....
,The surrounding beaches are picturesque. Sarina also boasts some of the best fishing off shore in Central Queensland. There is also a Rugby League ground that is one of the highest quality in the district.

15 kilometres north is the biggest coal distribution terminal in the world. Recently tourism has grown in Sarina with Mackay being relatively close. Legend has it the first ever jar of vegemite
Vegemite

Vegemite is a dark brown food paste made from yeast extract, used mainly as a Spread on sandwiches, toast and cracker , as well as a filling of pastries like Cheesymite scroll, in Australia....
 was produced in Sarina in the early 1920s.

Notable people from Sarina

  • Wendell Sailor
    Wendell Sailor

    Wendell Jermaine Sailor is an Australian professional rugby football player who has represented his country in both rugby league and rugby union - a dual code international....
     - Professional Rugby league
    Rugby league

    Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
     and Rugby union
    Rugby union

    Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
     player.
  • Martin Bella
    Martin Bella

    Martin Bella is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A Rugby league positions#Prop forward, he achieved national and state representation and played club football for various teams in Queensland, New South Wales and England....
     - Former professional Rugby league
    Rugby league

    Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
     player. Represented Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     and Queensland
    Queensland

    Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
    .
  • Dale Shearer
    Dale Shearer

    Dale Shearer is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s of Indigenous Australians heritage. Playing mostly at fullback, he represented Australia and Queensland and played club football in Queensland, New South Wales and England....
     - Former professional Rugby league
    Rugby league

    Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
     player. Represented Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     and Queensland
    Queensland

    Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
    .
  • Kevin Campion
    Kevin Campion

    Kevin Campion is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. His positions of choice were in the Rugby_League_positions#Second-row_forwards and at Rugby_league_positions#Loose_Forward....
     - Former professional Rugby league
    Rugby league

    Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
     represented Queensland
    Queensland

    Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
    .
  • Paul Campion
    Paul Campion

    Paul Campion is an Australian radio host and a dual recipient of the Australian Commercial Radio Award for best music personality . He is currently the drive time presenter on 97.3 FM in Brisbane, Australia....
     - Award winning Radio
    Radio

    Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
     host.
  • Ken Ware - One time Mr Universe.