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Amity is located on the north western point of North Stradbroke Island (known as Amity Point). Directly north is the South Passage and the southern tip of Moreton Island. To the east lies the small town of Point Lookout and to the south lies the main town of North Stradbroke Island, Dunwich. Wallum Creek snakes along the southern border of the ...
North Stradbroke Island is a locality on part of the island of the same name in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , North Stradbroke Island had a population of 181 people.
Eastern wall of the North Gorge, as seen from the Gorge Walk at Point Lookout. North Stradbroke Island (Jandai: Minjerribah [1]), colloquially Straddie or North Straddie, [2] is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland, 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the centre of Brisbane.
Dunwich is a town and locality on the western side of North Stradbroke Island in Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] Dunwich is part of the Redland City local government area, administered from the bayside town of Cleveland on the Queensland mainland.
Point Lookout is a headland, small coastal town and locality on the eastern coast of North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), Redland City, Queensland, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In the 2021 census , the locality of Point Lookout had a population of 785 people.
The other entrances to the bay are the North Passage or North Entrance and Jumpinpin Channel in the south. It was once the main entrance for ships entering the bay. South Passage begins in the shallow sand-barred channel between Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island and continues along North Stradbroke Island past Amity Point to Dunwich. [1]
North Stradbroke Island is the larger of the two, about 38 km long and up to 11 km wide. South Stradbroke Island is about 22 km long and at most 2 km wide. North Stradbroke is the more developed of the two islands, with the three small townships of Dunwich , Amity Point and Point Lookout offering vacation rentals, shops and a range of eateries.
Access to the island is via vehicle ferry service from the Moreton Island Adventures MICAT at Port of Brisbane in Lytton, and the resort passenger services on the Tangalooma Island Resort Fleet departing from the Brisbane River at Holt St Pinkenba. [33] A service from Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island was discontinued. [34]