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The Coral Sea lies on the east coast of the island. Moreton Island lies 58 kilometres (36 mi) northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane. 98% of the island is contained within a national park and a popular destination for day trippers, four wheel driving, camping, recreational angling and whale watching and a 75-minute ferry ride from ...
The island is home to Queensland's oldest operating lighthouse located at Cape Moreton on the northern tip of the island. [1] The township of Cowan was home to the Australian soldiers during WWII and many relics remain on the island. Access to the park was restricted during a clean-up of oil from the 2009 southeast Queensland oil spill. [2]
Originally a whaling station, Tangalooma Island Resort (formerly known as Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort) is a resort on the west side of Moreton Island in Queensland, Australia. It lies on the eastern shore of Moreton Bay and is known for its resort accommodation, dolphin-feeding program, sand dunes and wreck diving .
Green Tortoise Adventure Travel is an American long-distance tour bus company founded by Gardner Kent in mid-1973 [1] [2] and based in San Francisco, California. It provides tours in North America, mostly within the United States. It operates a bus line and hostels in Seattle and San Francisco.
Just off the coast of Queensland, Australia is Moreton Island, the third largest sand island in the world and home to the amazing Tangalooma Wrecks site. In 1963, a group of boat owners asked that ...
Moreton Island is the largest locality on the island Moreton Island within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Moreton Island had a population of 180 people. [ 1 ]
A pilot station was established at Bulwer on the northern end of the island in 1848. [1] At one time there was a total of seven lighthouses in operation on the island. [1] Cape Moreton Lighthouse Complex, consisting of the lighthouse, three keepers' cottages and associated structures, was registered on the Register of the National Estate in ...
Cape Moreton Light, also listed as North Point Range Rear Light, [1] is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Cape Moreton, a rocky headland located at the north eastern tip of Moreton Island, a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of South East Queensland, Australia. [2]