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Moreton Island experiences a marine-moderated humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa with very warm, muggy summers and mild, pleasant winters. Precipitation is abundant year-round, averaging 1,467.3 millimetres (57.77 in) annually, and wind speeds are high, averaging 26.8 kilometres per hour (16.7 mph) at 3 pm, in part due to its exposed location.
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 ]
Cape Moreton Light is located on Cape Moreton, a rocky headland at the northeastern tip of Moreton Island, and was the first lighthouse to be constructed to mark the northern entrance. The lighthouse was constructed by the New South Wales Government , which controlled the Queensland area until Queensland's separation in 1859, [ 4 ] following ...
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]
6 inch Mk XI gun and crew, Fort Cowan Cowan, November 1943. Fort Cowan Cowan is located at Cowan Cowan Village, Moreton Island. The area is approximately 34,616.033 metres (113,569.66 ft) square, roughly triangular in shape and stretches along the western beach from the Cowan Cowan Lighthouse in south to the northern end of Cowan Cowan Village.
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]
Southern Moreton Bay Islands is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 44 km southeast of Brisbane. It forms part of the Moreton Bay and Pumicestone Passage Important Bird Area , so identified by BirdLife International because it supports large numbers of migratory waders , or shorebirds.
Signal Station, Moreton Island is a heritage-listed signal station at 25 Dorothy Newnham Street, Moreton Island, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in the 1930s. It is also known as Former Navy Signal Station Fort Cowan. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 1 February 1995. [1]