YESTERDAY hundreds of people around the Fraser Coast took the opportunity to see a sight they won't get the chance to see again in their lifetime.

A row of telescopes set up between the University of Southern Queensland's Fraser Coast campus and Hervey Bay PCYC gave residents the opportunity to see the transit of Venus as it passed between Earth and the sun yesterday - a sight no one will see again for 105 years.

Several school groups descended on the site yesterday as students took the opportunity to see Venus in transit.

Venus passes between Earth and the sun every 584 days but transits occur only in pairs eight years apart every 120 or 105 years because of its inclined orbit.

The last transit happened in 2004.

Yesterday's was the second of the pair. The next transit of Venus won't happen until 2117.

Vinnie Legge, from Rockhampton, came to Hervey Bay to join in the fun and enjoyed manning a telescope yesterday to help others watch the celestial show.

Hervey Bay's Lorna Salmond was one of the people who took the chance to see Venus in transit from a telescope at USQ.

"We won't get another opportunity," she said.

She said she was going to watch the event online but changed her mind at the last minute.