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Check out our listings of islands. In this section, we have
also provide some brief info on Queensland islands that are not covered in
great detail elsewhere. We welcome any additional information or photos
to add to the site, about these or any of the islands on the AusEmade site.
Just send us an
email with the information and whether you would like
your name and/or email address to appear along side your
contribution. If you send photos by mail, we unfortunately
cannot return them, unless they include a self addressed
envelope.
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Queensland Island
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The Family Group of Islands are a chain of islands offshore from Tully Heads and
Mission Beach, extending about 14 km in length. The most northerly and largest
of the islands is Dunk Island, which was formerly named Coonanglebah, but
renamed by Captain Cook after Lord Montague Dunk, the Earl of Sandwich and First
Lord of the Admiralty).
Thorpe and Bedarra (Richards) Islands also located in the north, are privately
owned.
The southern islands include Bowden, Coombe, Smith, Hudson and Wheeler Islands,
and are all national parks covering some 119 ha.
Permits are required for camping on Dunk, Wheeler and Coombe Islands. Camping is
not permitted on Smith, Bowden or Hudson Islands. You should carry your own
drinking water and there are no toilets or walking tracks.
Along with some other islands, including Brook Islands, Gould Island and
Hinchinbrook Island, they are all also referred to as Mission Beach Islands.
Source:
BarrierReefAustralia.com - Mission Beach Islands
and
Wikipedia - Family Islands National Park
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Located in Moreton Bay just east of the township of Redland Bay is Karragarra Island
one of the smallest of the Bay Islands, at about 3 km long and 0.5 km wide and
only 12 minutes by water taxi from Redland Bay. There are about 100 full-time residents. With no shops
visitors are advised to bring their own picnic or BBQ. There is a netted swimming
enclosure, electric and wood barbeques both on the beach and under cover, a
children's play area, and picnic tables. There are a few sandy beaches, or you can stroll Sunset Strip and Treasure Island Avenue.
Karragarra was originally an important farming area, and was previously known as
Rabbit Island (around 1884).
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Karragarra
Island
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T.Barclay Real
Estate
Ph: 07 3409 7085
Holiday lettings, and local advice.
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Lamb Island has a jetty store which provides groceries as well as lunches and
dinners, it also has a library, community centre, bowls club and fruit and
vegetable stall. It is about 4km long by 1.5km wide would be about right.
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Known as Alcheringa by the Aboriginal occupants, and now referred to as The
Emerald Isle, Macleay Island is the second largest Bay Islands at approximately
6.5 km in length and 1.5 km wide at its widest point. As part of the
tribal territory referred to by the indigenous term Quandamooka and
extensively used by the Aboriginal people, it was then settled by Europeans in
the 1800s and farmed. The island became known as Tim Sheas Island after a
convict who was able to live on the island for nearly fourteen years without
detection. It was given its current name in 1839 by the surveyor Warner, in
honour of Alexander Macleay, who was NSW Colonial Secretary from 1825 to 1837.
Macleay Island is part of the Redland Shire which conserves one of the
largest concentration of mangroves in the greater Brisbane area, with the
Macleay Island coastline home to significant stands of grey, red, orange, yellow
and river mangroves. Today the island is mainly residential, with a population that triples in
the holiday season. Macleay is connected to the mainland by ferries and water
taxis that operate form Redland Bay. There are a few sandy beaches and enclosed
swimming area.
Source:
Quandamooka Lands
Council
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Macleay Island
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Quandamooka Lands
Council
A glimpse into the places, people and issues
of Moreton Bay, its islands and coast - the traditional estate of the Aboriginal
people of Quandamooka. Including section on
Alcheringa (Macleay Island).
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Mission Beach Islands is a locally used name to describe Brook Islands, Gould
Island, Hinchinbrook Island, and the Family Group of Islands that include Dunk
Island, Thorpe Island, Bedarra Island, Wheeler Island, Coombe Island, Smith
Island, Bowden Island, Hudson Island.
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The traditional home of the Yuggera Aboriginals, Russell Island is part of the
Redland Shire and the largest of the Bay Island group at 12 km long by 3 km
wide. The first European settler was Sam Wills who established in 1867 a salt
works. Subsequent settlers mainly grew custard apples, paw-paw and avocados. The
island has stands of grey, red, yellow and large-leafed orange mangroves that
dot the shoreline and waterways providing vital habitat for birds, fish, crabs,
molluscs and sea grasses. There is an enclosed swimming area.
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Located just 30 km south-east of
Brisbane are the islands of North and South
Stradbroke Islands. Once a single island, they were separated by a storm in 1896
with access by ferry. North Stradbroke Island is approximately 38 km long and
11 km wide, with South Stradbroke Island being the smaller at only 22 km long
and about 2.5 km wide.
Accessible by ferry that departs
from Runaway Bay Marina in Surfers Paradise, the ferry takes passengers
direct to a campsite. There are of course a number of resorts on the
island offering guided tours and other daily trippers. You can also
travel to the island via a number charters or water taxis.
Check out our listing of
South Stradbroke Island accommodation.
Click here for
South
Stradbroke Island Campgrounds.
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