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Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County, near Cape Charles.The park offers recreational access to the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay with its shoreline, beach, boat ramps and piers, as well as unique migratory bird habitat along the East Coast flyway.
South Stradbroke Island (Indigenous: Minjerribah [2]), colloquially South Straddie, [3] is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and forms the northern end of Gold Coast. The island is a locality within the City of Gold Coast. [4] In 2021 census, South Stradbroke Island had a population ...
The Moreton Bay Marine Park was established in 1993 to protect ecologically significant habitats in Moreton Bay. [2] The marine park extends from Caloundra south to the southern tip of South Stradbroke Island. [3] The marine park's border extends up to the highest tidal mark and covers a total of 3,400 km2. [4]
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.
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 ...
Sovereign Islands is a canal estate development at the northern point off Paradise Point, accessible by bridge and road named the Sovereign Mile. Ephraim Island is situated at the southern end, a secure Island development joined to Paradise Point by bridge via Falkinder Avenue. Paradise Point Village shops on the esplanade include a post office ...
It was the first European settlement on Stradbroke Island. [6] A supply boat called The Otter, which also carried tourists, ran between Brisbane's central business district and Amity from 1885 to 1946. [7] Amity Point State School opened on 7 April 1919, but closed in 1920. On 22 February 1937, it reopened as Cylinder Beach Provisional School.
Blue Lake National Park is now a part of the Naree Budjong Djara National Park. [2] Access was provided by road 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Dunwich. [citation needed] In 1980, the national park was described as follows: [3] Blue Lake is a watertable lake in the coastal sandmass of North Stradbroke Island. The National Park is included in the ...