Point Lookout is a headland, small coastal town and locality on the eastern coast of North Stradbroke Island, Redland City, Queensland, Australia. Point Lookout is Queensland’s most easterly point. The headland is an ideal location for land-based seawatching in Australia. Humpback whales can also be seen from here as they migrate along the east coast of Australia. Indigenous tribes have lived on the island forContinue reading “Gorge Walk Stradbroke Island”
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Stradbroke Island Tour
We were met at Dunwich Ferry by Stradbroke Island Kingfisher Tours and in the 4WD vehicle we went on the day tour. We drove through Dunwich and then went on the Brown Lake Road towards Brown Lake. A natural perched lake, pure rainwater tinged brown by the native teatrees, Brown Lake, or Lake Bummiera, isContinue reading “Stradbroke Island Tour”
Stradbroke Island History
As far as European history goes, the Portuguese, Dutch and French possibly mapped the coastline around the middle of the 16th century. In 1770, Lieutenant James Cook, sailing along the Eastern Australian coast in HMS Endeavour named Point Lookout, Cape Moreton and Moreton Bay. The next “touch-point” is thought to be in 1803 when a groupContinue reading “Stradbroke Island History”
Goompi Heritage Trail Stradbroke Island
The Quandamooka Aboriginal people have an ongoing connection to North Stradbroke Island going back more than 20,000 years
Gorge Lookout and whales in July Stradbroke Island
Took the Bus from the Dunwich Jetty to Lookout Point, and then walked the Gorge Walk which starts where the bus stops. It takes about 30 minutes, longer if you stop to watch dolphins and whales and visit the blowhole, and stop to chat to others as they do the walk. It is an easyContinue reading “Gorge Lookout and whales in July Stradbroke Island”
My Clifftop Walk Lookout Point Stradbroke
Walking the Gorge Walk at Lookout Point North Stradbroke Island in the morning
Gorge Walk North Stradbroke Island
The Gorge Walk at Stradbroke Island is a beautiful walk along the cliff gorge with stunning views of the beaches on both sides of the Tip of the island
Sunset at Cylinder Beach Stradbroke Island
Cylinder Beach is a popular place to view the sunset, and sunrise, with full views over the beach as the sunsets over the water
28 km of Sandy Beach at Point Lookout
The sand beaches of North Stradbroke Island are isolated and almost uninhabited as you walk along the sands and water below Point Lookout
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