South Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and just north of the Gold Coast

South Stradbroke Island

South Stradbroke Island is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and just north of the Gold Coast. The 22 km by 2.5 km sized island is the smaller one of the two Stradbroke Islands and lies very close to the mainland.

Sovereign Islands In the north the island is separated by the Jumpinpin Channel from the larger North Stradbroke Island. Before 1896 the island was part of the Stradbroke Island. In that year the island was separated by a storm from North Stradbroke Island.

The southern end fronts the Broadwater, and the tip marks the Gold Coast Seaway, only a matter of metres from the mainland at Southport Spit. In the northeast you'll find the Tipplers Passage that separates the island from many small islands near the mainland. The east coast borders the Coral Sea.

The island lives on tourism, but nothing compared to Australia's largest tourist resort, the nearby Gold Coast. The island has some quiet campsites. The western beaches are known as quiet and lagoon-like and the eastern beaches are known as a surfer paradise.

South Stradbroke Island consists mainly of sand, sand dunes and subtropical forest. The island also has a specific flora and fauna. The Golden Wallaby for example only lives on this island.

Couran Cove Resort is located on South Stradbroke Island, as are numerous campsites such as an anchorage for the Southport Yacht Club and Dux Campsite, owned by The Southport School.

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