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North Stradbroke Island, Australia

North Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia

View at Point Lookout overlooking the beach at North Stradbroke Island (Photo)

The view looking south from Point Lookout. Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

Australia // Beaches· Queensland Australia Location: [post_gps_latitude], [post_gps_longitude]

Unless you live in Southeast Queensland, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of North Stradbroke Island. Although it barely rates a mention in most travel guidebooks, North Stradbroke Island–“Straddie” to the locals–has an awful lot going for it. In a part of the world blessed with some of the world’s most stunning beaches, Queensland’s are among the best. And this is an island of sand–the second-largest sand island in the world, as it happens, only beaten by Fraser Island a bit to the north.

North Stradbroke Island, near Brisbane, separates southern Moreton Bay from the Pacific Ocean. At one point, it was joined to what is now known as South Stradbroke Island, but a storm in 1896 blew a channel between the two sand islands.

As you would hope for open ocean, marine wildlife thrives here. Dolphins play in the surf, whales come in nearby regularly each year prompting an annual pilgrimage of whale watchers at Point Lookout, sea turtles come in near the rocky headlands to feed, and yes, there are sharks–quite a lot of sharks, actually. Great Whites cruise the coast and herds of bull sharks venture into the passage between Stradbroke and Moreton islands to the calmer, western side of the island. The Amity Island in Jaws was a fictional place, but the real Amity Point on Stradbroke Island has, unfortunately, been the site of some horrific recent shark attacks. But as much press coverage as those attacks generate, they’re rare, and common sense offers excellent protection.

For the most part, Stradbroke remains a fairly anonymous and low-key holiday destination with some spectacular beaches, but there’s one thing above all others that puts it on the global news from time to time: sharks. Every now and then, it makes global news for that oh-so-Australian news story the latest shark incident like this amazing shot of a huge bite taken out of another great white or these swarming sharks.

Photos of Stradbroke Island

North Stradbroke Island Cluster of Ti-trees at Brown Lake (Photo)

Ti-trees at Brown Lake. Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

Kangaroo crossing sign on North Stradbroke Island, Australia, with Car on Road (Photo)

Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

North Stradbroke Island Point Lookout Headland Panorama Australia

Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

North Stradbroke Island Surfers waiting for waves (Photo)

Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

North Stradbroke Island Cylinder Beach view (Photo)

Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island (Photo)

Amity Point. Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

Moreton Bay Cruiser Moored off North Stadbroke Island, Queensland (Photo)

A Moreton Bay Cruiser anchored on the protected Moreton Bay side. Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

Photo of Ocean Swimmers

Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

North Stradbroke Views (Photo)

Cylinder Beach. Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

Lifeguards at the beach on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland (Photo)

Lifeguards on duty at Cylinder Beach. Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

North Stradbroke Island View at Point Lookout overlooking the beach (Photo)

Photo by David Coleman. How to license & download this image.

What to Know Before You Go

Stradbroke is an easy day trip from Brisbane. Your best option is to take a car across on the car ferry from Cleveland. Without a car, it’s quite a bit harder to get around–the ferry drops you off on the bay side of the island in Dunwich, which, while pleasant enough, doesn’t have the long surf beaches of the ocean side. But whatever you do, don’t try to drive there, even if your GPS says you can. That stuff that looks like water is water. Really.

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David Coleman Photography

I take photos. I travel. I write. I do it for a living. Seven continents. Dozens of countries. Up mountains. Under water. And a bunch of places in between. You can find my main site at havecamerawilltravel.com. Or check out what’s in my go-to travel photography kit. Or get in touch here.


Location: North Stradbroke Island
Country: Australia
Coordinates:
      Latitude: -27.436352
      Longitude: 153.545688

      # Beaches
      # Queensland Australia



About David Coleman

I take photos. I travel. I write. I do it for a living.

I’m based in Washington, DC.

You can find my photography gear reviews and tips at havecamerawilltravel.com/photographer.

David Coleman Photography

I take photos. I travel. I write. I do it for a living. Seven continents. Dozens of countries. Up mountains. Under water. And a bunch of places in between. You can find my main site at havecamerawilltravel.com. Or check out what’s in my go-to travel photography kit. Or get in touch here.

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