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North Stradbroke Island North Stradbroke Island is easily reached by boat from the Sovereign Islands across the beautiful Broadwater
The permanent population of the island is quite small. There is no bridge to the island and the only access is via vehicular or passenger ferries leaving from Cleveland. There are three main settlements on the island. Dunwich is the largest and has most of the services including the school. Point Lookout is on the surf side of the island and is the major tourist destination in the season. The third is Amity Point and is much smaller and a popular fishing spot on the island. Stradbroke Island's most famous local was Oodgeroo Noonuccal, formerly known as Kath Walker, the Aboriginal poet and native-rights campaigner. She was one of the prime-movers of the movement that lead to the 1997 agreement between the local government council and the aboriginal people of the area claiming rights over the island and parts of Moreton Bay. The island has the region's oldest archaeological site at Wallen Wallen Creek near Dunwich. Research at the site has provided evidence of human activity beginning at least 22 000 years ago. More aboriginal shell middens can be found scattered behind the sand dunes along the main beach. North Stradbroke Island is known for its long clean white beaches in the east, its peacefulness due to a long isolation and its rich diversity of nature varying from whales passing Point Lookout to the many wild orchids in the interior of the island. The island has two freshwater lakes, Brown Lake and the beautiful Blue Lake situated in Blue Lake National Park. At times the beaches and dunes may form lagoons and in some areas there are extensive swamplands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Stradbroke_Island |
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Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, 30 km southeast of the capital