Straddie Camping North

Feel the spirit of Quandamooka Country Discovering through Experiential Learning

Contents

Getting Here & Getting About 2 Camping Grounds 3 Catering & Island Services 4 Dunwich 5 Point 6 Point Lookout 7 Inland 8 Cultural Workshops 9 History of North Stradbroke Island 10 Island Map 11

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Getting Here & Getting About

North Stradbroke Island is accessible by either weekends and in peak periods so book early to Vehicle Ferry or Water Taxi departing from avoid disappointment. Cleveland on the mainland. Water Taxis Cleveland is easy driving distance from both Two water taxis (passenger ferries) operate to and the Gold Coast, and is also North Stradbroke Island. Travel time 25 minutes. serviced by public transport. Stradbroke Ferries water taxi operates from the QRail train services operate frequently from terminal at 3 Emmett Drive, Cleveland, and Brisbane departing from Central or Roma Street travels to the Harold Walker Jetty Junner Street in Stations and travelling to the Cleveland station. Dunwich. www.stradbrokeferries.com.au. From here buses operate to both ferry terminals. Download the latest QR timetable. Stradbroke Flyer operates from the end of Middle Street, Cleveland, from the yellow and Ferry Information blue building, and travels to One Mile Jetty, next Transit Systems operates vehicle ferry services to the Little Ships Club in Dunwich. out of at the end of Middle www.flyer.com.au Street in Cleveland. Timetables & pricing can be Both water taxi service offer free bus transfers to found at www.stradbrokeferries.com.au and from their ferry terminals. Please enquire at Bookings are essential to take cars or buses on the time of booking. the vehicle ferry and ferries fill up early during

Stradbroke Island Bus Service Scheduled bus services and Bus Charter

Buses meet both water taxi services at the Dunwich ferry terminal, and the One Mile Jetty. Services include routes to Amity Point and Point Lookout and take around 20 minutes. Group and charter bookings can also be organized. Groups can travel to the Island on the water taxi and be met at Dunwich and transferred to your accommodation a private vehicle. Vehicle charter can also be organized to transfer your T: 07 3415 2417 group to island destinations during your stay.

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Camping Grounds Amity Point Camping Ground Access: paved roads | Bus access: Yes Unpowered sites: 143 Powered sites: 32 Cabins: 13 – sleeping 73 people Cooking: camp kitchen, power, sinks, gas BBQ Amenities: Yes Laundry: coin Beach: calm water

Adder Rock Camping Ground Access: paved roads | Bus access: Yes Unpowered sites: 120 Powered sites: 26 Cabins: 7 – sleeping 37 people (with ensuites) Cooking: camp kitchen, power, sinks, gas BBQ Amenities: Yes Laundry: coin Beach: surf beach

Cylinder Beach Camping Ground Access: paved roads | Bus access: Yes Unpowered sites: 60 Powered sites: 8 Cooking: council BBQ’s, small undercover area only Amenities: Yes Laundry: coin Beach: surf beach

Flinders Beach - Beach Camping Twelve beachfront camping areas nestled amongst the shady Casuarina’s overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Access: paved road to beach then walk to campsites Unpowered sites: 200 Amenities: composting toilets at area 3, 5 & 7 Cooking: campfires welcome for cooking only. Generators welcome between 7am and 9pm. No other facilities.

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Catering & Island Services

Catering Services: Churches

Seashells Café – Amity Point - 07 3409 7886 Anglican Church – St Peter Chapel, Point Lookout Island Fruit Barn – Dunwich - 07 3409 9125 Hopewell Street, Point Lookout – 07 3409 9095 Services: 9am 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month

Community Centres St Marks – Dunwich Dunwich Public Hall Ballow Road, Dunwich - 07 3409 9095 T: 07 3829 8999 Services: 9am 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month E: [email protected] St Paul’s Cross of the Sea

Amity Point Community Centre Finnegan Street, Dunwich - 07 3821 1953 Clayton Road, Amity Point, 4183 Services: 8.45am every Sunday

T: 07 3409 7110 Emergency Services: Point Lookout Community Centre East Coast Road, Point Lookout, 4183 Ambulance/Fire/Police – 000 T: 0419 924 941 Ambulance Station, Dunwich – 07 3409 9333 Air Sea Rescue – 07 3409 9338 Retail Outlets Police Station Dunwich – 07 3409 6020 Police Point Lookout – 3409 8627/07 34098638 Foodworks - Dunwich (Stradbroke Place, Dunwich) Point Lookout (2 Endeavour Street, Pt Lookout) Surf Life Saving Club Point Lookout – 07 3409 8158 Island Fruit Barn – Dunwich (16 Bingle Road, Dunwich) RACQ – 13 11 11 Butcher - Dunwich (1 Stradbroke Place, Dunwich) Towing and Breakdowns 0428 288 128

Bakery - Dunwich and Point Lookout Hairdressers - Point Lookout Medical Centre’s: Fresh seafood outlets - Amity Point and Point Lookout Marie Rose Medical Centre: Chemists – Dunwich & Point Lookout Corner Oxley Parade & Petrie St, Dunwich T: 07-3409-9059 Amity Point General Dealers (9 Ballow Street, Amity Mon- Sat / 09:00 – 12:00, Sun 10:00 – 11:00 Point) Call anytime in an emergency.

Stradbroke Medical Centre: Petrol 4 Kennedy Drive, Point Lookout T: 07-3409-8660 Dunwich – Dunwich Service Station Mon-Fri / 8.30am – 17.30pm, Sat / 09:00 – 11:00, Amity Point – Amity Point Store Sun / 10:00 – 11:00.

Point Lookout – Point Lookout Roadhouse Yulu-Burri-Ba Community Health: 16 Dickson Way, Dunwich T: 07-3409-9596 ATMs Mon – Fri / 08.30 – 17:00. Food Works Dunwich Food Works Point Lookout Stradbroke Island Hotel Point Lookout Bowls Club

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Dunwich - Goompie The Dunwich area was called Goompee or Coompee, from a word meaning pearl oyster. It was home to a sizeable indigenous population, as well as a seasonal visiting place for tribes from other areas. For the past 180 years it has also been the site of various European settlements, including a military /stores depot and convict outstation (1827-1831), a Catholic mission (1843-1846), quarantine station (1850-1864) and benevolent asylum (1866-1946. In typical 19th-20th century fashion, many structures on the island were recycled. The stores depot buildings were re-used by the Catholic mission, and the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum structures that remained on the island when the asylum moved to Sandgate in 1946 have assumed new uses and can be found scattered around Dunwich and elsewhere on the island. [1]

North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum The Museum displays a notable array of historical documents, photographs, and memorabilia of early Aboriginal and European settlement. Groups spend around an hour in the Museum. Museum staff will provide tours or activities for student groups. Admission $2.50 per student, accompanying adults free. Museum Opening Hours: Tue to Sat: 10am - 2pm, Sun: 11am - 3pm, Phone: 07-3409-9699 [email protected]

North Stradbroke Island Heritage Trail Covering 30 points of historical interest around Dunwich, Amity Point & Point Lookout, the Heritage Trail guide can be collected form the North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum. It provides a map and information on each point of interest, and a detailed history of the famous . Points of interest in Dunwich include the Convict Causeway, the Benevolent Asylum Cottages and the Polka Point Middens.

UQ Research Station Catering or year 11 and up, the Moreton Bay Research Station provides the perfect setting for a vast array of educational experiences capitalising on the unique marine and terrestrial environments, history and culture of North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Bay and the Pacific Ocean. Fees apply. Full details here.

Goompi Trail The rich Aboriginal history of North Stradbroke Island centres around Dunwich, home of the . The Goompi Trail is a historical walk with a local Aboriginal guide, which takes participants on a leisurely one hour walk along the foreshore of Dunwich overlooking beautiful Moreton Bay. Learn about Aboriginal artefacts, traditional hunting methods, bush tucker, medicines, traditional ochre's and see the remnants of an old rock fish trap. Minimum numbers required, bookings essential. T: 0400 792 243

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Amity Point – Pulan Pulan

Originally known as Pulan by the people, Amity Point was home to an Aboriginal population of over 100 at the time of European settlement. In 1825 a pilot station was established to guide ships travelling to the Moreton Bay penal settlement via the South Passage. This was Stradbroke Island's first non-indigenous settlement and closed in the 1840s. For many years Amity Point was the main landing place for people visiting the island. It also was the destination of Hayles Cruises, which operated boats between the island and Brisbane until 1970. Erosion by the Rainbow Channel has claimed many historic sites at Amity Point, including the pilot station, a racecourse and the original site of noted yachtsman and historian 's cottage. Welsby published seven books on Moreton Bay and its history in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He built a cottage at Amity Point from which he explored the bay islands. His cottage, threatened with erosion, was moved several times and finally dismantled. [2]

Wildlife Walk Amity Point Camping Ground is teeming with wildlife, form resident koalas, to goannas, galahs, pelicans and friendly dolphins. Take a walk around the campground and the shoreline to see how many of these native species you can spot.

Snorkeling Snorkel with a qualified instructor in the sheltered waters off Amity Point. There are many varieties of tropical reef fish, and you may even see a turtle or dolphin. Sessions for up to 20 people can be organized to suit your itinerary. Equipment can also be hired at hourly or daily rates. www.straddieadventures.com.au

Sea Kayaking Kayak in two-person kayaks on the calm waters off Amity Point. The pelicans here a friendly and dolphins often play just offshore. Paddle along the shoreline and into the peaceful atmosphere of the mangroves. Follow this with snorkeling near the jetty. www.straddieadventures.com.au

Environmental Waste Water System Tour Take a guided tour of the Environmental Wastewater Treatment System at Amity Point Camping Ground. The treatment plant uses an in-ground enclosed recirculating system with evapo- transpiration channels to treat effluent, and plant beds remove water from the system through transpiration. Treated water is then used for irrigation and landscaping throughout the campground. Guided tours can be organized at no cost for groups staying at the Amity Point Camping Ground for two or more nights. [email protected]

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Point Lookout - Mooloomba

Originally known as Mooloomba or Moodloomba, Point Lookout was was well used by the Stradbroke Aborigines. Over 80 midden sites have been identified on the ocean side of Stradbroke Island but most have since been destroyed. The rocky point has long been a landmark for sea travellers and in 1770 Lieutenant James Cook named it Point Lookout. The Point Lookout Lighthouse was not built until 1932, and in 1934 Bert Clayton set up a bus service from Amity to Point Lookout along the beach to serve the guest house he was building on the present site of Samarinda. A design for a proposed township was drawn up the same year. Point Lookout was the site of an American radar station during WW II with a radio direction finder constructed in 1942 at Point Lookout at what is now Tramican Street by the American armed forces. Later the RAAF took over the operation, which was moved to Point Lookout headland. For many years the Point Lookout township was a modest fishing/holiday village with small fibro structures typical of those found in similar villages up and down the coast. [3]

North Gorge Walk The walk offers spectacular views from the rocky outcrops overlooking the Pacific Ocean and along the Island's endless coastline. Explore the headland from one side to the other and you’ll find the two gorges that help define this wild and beautiful terrain. Passing turtles, dolphins and manta rays are a common sight, and from June to October migrating humpback whales can be seen from the headlands. At Whale Rock, water whistles through its blowhole, sounding just like a spouting whale. The Cathedrals is a cave system in the headlands of Point Lookout

Surfing School Learn to paddle, catch waves, stand on boards. Equipment supplied includes safe learn to surf boards, rash/sun vests and wetsuits. All staff are accredited level 1 and level 2 coaches with Surfing . Lessons around1.5 hours.

Manta Dive Centre Located opposite Adder Rock Camping Ground, the Island’s only dive centre, has dive experiences for novice divers and experienced divers alike. The 5 Star PADI dive resort offers daily scuba dive and snorkel trips catering for all groups sizes from age 8 and upwards. www.mantalodge.com.au

Sand Boarding Being the second largest sand island in the world, North Stradbroke Island offers several exhilarating locations for sand boarding. Not only will the group enjoy the thrills & spills of boarding, but they will be taught the importance of dune care and maintenance, and the role the sand dunes play in protecting the Island’s coastline. www.straddiekingfishertours.com.au

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Inland – North Stradbroke Island North Stradbroke Island is the second largest sand island in the world. The island is know as Minjerribah to the Quandamooka Aboriginal people, and has many sites of cultural significance, and an abundance of native flora and fauna unique ecological value.

Myora Springs - Campembah On East Coast Road 4km outside Dunwich, is Myora Springs. Myora Springs is a unique site that is of particular cultural significance to the Quandamooka people as a sacred gathering site. It is also a declared fish habitat area. Myora Springs is known to be essential habitat for the vulnerable water mouse (Xeromys myoides) and the endangered Swamp Orchid (Phaius australis). Works are currently underway to enhance and protect the features that make the Myora Springs wetland system so unique. [4]

Blue Lake - Karboora National Park is part of Naree Budjong Djara National Park. This attractive park protects Blue Lake, an area of cultural significance to the Quandamooka people. Walk the 5.2km (return) track to the lake through wallum woodlands, flowering heath and stunted eucalypts. Australian scientists have discovered that Blue Lake is totally unique, as it has remained unaffected by climate change for 7000 years, and has resisted human impact. Wear good walking shoes and take a hat and water. Medium level of fitness

Brown Lake - Bummiera A natural perched lake, pure yet tinged brown by the native teatrees, Brown Lake, or Lake Bummiera, is a hidden treasure. Just 3.5 kilometres outside Dunwich, the lake is a popular swimming place and picnic spot. In spring, wildflowers dot the surrounding bushland. Lake Bummiera has special significance to the local Aboriginal people and if you visit at a quiet time of day you’ll feel the magic.

18 Mile Swamp Blue Lake overflows down to Eighteen Mile Swamp, which is a peat swamp, or unique long linear trough in the sand. The swamp lies seaward of the condensed giant dunes of the main sand mass, and is kept full of water by seepage from the sand mass rather than by surface run-off. There is a local legend that the remains of a Spanish or Portuguese shipwreck known as the Straddie Island Galleon exist somewhere in 18 Mile Swamp.

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Feel the spirit of Quandamooka Country

North Stradbroke Island has a rich Aboriginal heritage. By participating in Cultural Workshops, students are provided with the opportunity to interact with the Island’s Quandamooka Aboriginal People. Participants will learn about the history, culture, and lifestyle of the traditional Quandamooka People, and their interaction with this special place and the Island’s unique plants & animals. A minimum of 10 people is required to conduct a workshop at the below prices. Larger groups will be split into smaller groups and rotated through activities.

Cultural Workshops

The Goompi Trail Informative walking tour of Dunwich with a local Aboriginal guide, covering Aboriginal culture & heritage, plants & animals of the Island, bora ring, bush medicine, bush foods, artifacts. (1 1/2 hrs) $15 p/p

Cultural Talk, Didgeridoo Playing & Artifacts Display We show you a variety of traditional Aboriginal artifacts; learn how they are made, what they are made of and what they were used for. (45 mins) $10 p/p

Traditional Aboriginal Dance & Didgeridoo Playing Workshop Learn the steps to traditional Aboriginal dances from a local Aboriginal. (1 hr) $8 p/p

Boomerang Throwing Workshop Learn how to throw a genuine Aboriginal boomerang. Everyone gets a throw. (1/2 hr) $5 p/p

Traditional Aboriginal Art Workshop Paint your own boomerang and take it home. (1 hr) $15 p/p

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A brief history of North Stradbroke Island

The native name for the island is Minjerribah but Court determinations outline native title rights in 1827 Captain Henry John Rous, who had the and interest over land and waters on and around title of Viscount Dunwich, commander of HMS North Stradbroke Island.[6] According to the Rainbow the first British ship of war to enter Council, the Quandamooka Moreton Bay, named the island after his father People's native title consent determinations the Earl of Stradbroke,[3] the town after his title, cover the majority of North Stradbroke Island, the entrance channel after himself and even gave , Goat Island, Bird Island, Stingaree his boat a Guernsey with the naming of Rainbow Island, Crab Island and the water surrounding Beach. However three shipwrecked sailors, Moreton Bay.[7] Thomas Pamphlett, and Richard Parsons, spent time on Stradbroke Island after All information found at: they were washed ashore in 1823. The local http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Stradbroke_Island Aboriginal people supplied them with food and shelter and even gave them a canoe to help them on their way. Before these three, called in at Stradbroke Island for fresh water[3] and also mapped a large section of Moreton Bay. Flinders was impressed by the Stradbroke Aborigines' health and hospitality. Well known local historian, Thomas Welsby, records an Aboriginal oral tradition that there was an even earlier contact with European shipwreck survivors who walked into one of the Aboriginal camps after their ship was wrecked on the ocean side of Stradbroke Island. This tradition states that one of the men's name was Juan and the other's was Woonunga. In 1890 a member of the Campbell family, one of Stradbroke's oldest Dunwich Benevolent Asylum mixed blood families, told Welsby that the remains of the ship were still visible in the 18 Mile Swamp and that the remains were of English oak.[4] This story gives rise to a local legend that the remains of a Spanish or Portuguese shipwreck known as the Stradbroke Island Galleon exist somewhere in the 18 Mile Swamp. The indigenous Quandamooka people are made up of the Noonuccal, and Ngugi tribes.[5] Quandamooka is the Aboriginal name for Moreton Bay; however North Stradbroke Island is also inhabited by the Quandamooka people.[5] This group was traditionally nomadic, moving between a number of semi-permanent Swan Bay North Stradbroke Island settlements and living off the land.[5] In July 2011, the Quandamooka people of North Stradbroke Island won a 16-year-long historic battle to have their Native Title claim recognised.[6] The Federal

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NO VEHICLE Adder Rock ACCESS Camping Ground

Vehicle ACCESS Home Beach PERMIT REQUIRED Camping Ground Flinders Beach Amity Point Camping Area Camping Ground Cylinder Beach Clayton Camping Ground Road

Beehi Boat Rock ACCESS NO VEHICLE NO Shag Rock Deadmans Beach v e Road Dune Rock Moreton Bay Road Frenchmans Beach Myora North George Walk (Quandamooka) Springs East Point Lookout Coast NO VEHICLE ACCESS Road

VEHICLE ACCESS PERMIT REQUIRED Coast Bradburys Beach The Brisbane 35km Camping Ground Keyholes East Brown Lake One Mile Gold Coast 75km Tazi Cleveland Road

Adams Beach Karboora (Blue Lake) Camping Ground Cleveland Ferry and Neembeeba Terminal lookout tracks

Moreton Bay Marine Park Coochiemudlo North Island Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah)

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Camping Area Legend Russell Sealed road Island 4WD access only

Main Beach

VEHICLE ACCESS PERMIT REQUIRED Walking Track

Camping Grounds

Moreton Bay Marine Park

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Feel the spirit of Quandamooka Country A message from the Traditional Owners: The Quandamooka Peoples have lived on Minjerribah for a very long time. Scientists say at least 25 000 years, however we say longer. Our traditional estate – Quandamooka, the waters and islands of Central and Southern Moreton Bay and the coastal land and streams between the Brisbane to Logan Rivers, gave life to us in a time beyond memory. There are three clans that comprise the Peoples of the Quandamooka. They are the Nughi of Moorgumpin (now known as ) and the Nunukul and Gorenpul of Minjerribah. We hold our heads high as Traditional Owners with strong identity and culture. We are the Quandamooka People. We are the people of the sand and the water.

[1], [2], [3] http://www.stradbrokemuseum.com.au/trail/# [4] http://www.seqcatchments.com.au/news/restoring-a-special-place-at-myora-springs

Contact: Anji Kemp Director of Sales & Marketing T: 0409-320-730 E: [email protected] W: www.straddiecamping.com.au P.O. Box 160, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island, , 4183