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The marine and coastal area around the harbour are situated within internationally-significant wetlands, forming part of the Moreton Bay Ramsar site. [6] Tidal flats, mangroves and seagrass beds provide important habitats for fish, crustaceans, green turtles, loggerhead turtles, dugongs, and 43 species of shorebirds, including the vulnerable eastern curlew, the bar-tailed godwit and the grey ...
Commencing in 1988, two low mangrove islands, Andys Island and Griffin Island, were redeveloped by Lewis Land Corporation to create a six-island group for a gated community of canal home sites with deepwater moorings and direct access to Moreton Bay. 140,000 cubic metres (4,900,000 cu ft) of sand was pumped to create the islands and their navigable waterways. [3]
North Stradbroke Island Vehicle Barges lMoongalba ferry formerly serviced North Stradbroke Island. Services to Moreton Island are provided by Moreton Island Adventures operates a daily 52 vehicle capacity ferry, the Moreton Island MICAT, from the Port of Brisbane to Moreton Island, Tangalooma Wrecks and Bulwer at the northern end of Moreton ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Ocean County Sheriff’s Office’s Drone Command Center, stationed right on Vision Beach in Seaside Heights, has three massive TV screens so deputies can track airplane traffic overhead ...
The island is in the southern part of Moreton Bay between the Queensland mainland and North Stradbroke Island. [5] It is within the Moreton Bay Marine Park. [6] The elevation ranges from 0 to 26 metres (0 to 85 ft) above sea level. The land use on the island is predominantly residential. [5]