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FLINDERS REEF – Waves constantly break over this coral reef, and For more information about visiting Moreton Island, including it has mercilessly brought many ships to grief over the last century. A how to get there, things to know before you go, looking after the park, Modern navigational aids have minimised the danger to ships. The and camping and accomodation, visit the Parks and Wildlife Service reef supports the richest fish and marine invertebrate life in southern A (QPWS) website at www.derm.qld.gov.au or by phone 1300 130 372 Queensland. This small, isolated reef has the highest number of FLINDERS REEF PROTECTION and BUFFER ZONE coral species of any sub-tropical or temperate reef along ’s The protection zone boundary extends 50 metres seaward For camping permits visit a QPWS information centre, online at east coast. of the reef (the part of the rocky shelf exposed at mean low water www.qld.gov.au/camping or by phone 13 13 04 spring tide) with the buffer zone extending a further 150 metres seaward. This is a ‘look but don’t take’ area of high conservation value. Three 1:25 000 topographic maps cover the island. They are Moreton 9543-11, All forms of fishing, collecting and extracting are prohibited. Mount Tempest 9543-12 and Kooringal 9543-21. MARINE PARK The buffer zone allows trolling for pelagic fish.

Channel - Unlike a national park on land where 27°00' ‘Marietta Dal’ Smith Rock all landscapes and wildlife are preserved to the greatest possible extent, 27°00' a marine park allows most people to do most things while still protecting the natural environment. The marine park provides for the wise use, Freeman enjoyment and appreciation of Moreton Bay. For further details about the care and management of the marine park, zoning plans and to Comboyuro Point restrictions visit the Department of Environment and Resource – Panoramic views of the Glasshouse Mountains and campground Management website at www.derm.qld.gov.au HONEYMOON BAY – A beautiful sandy beach sheltered by volcanic rock. North Point is the Pacific Ocean south to North . Cape Moreton Bulwer northern most point on the island, and on a clear ligthhouse stands guard on top of the rocky headland 100 metres Bait shop Outer day can be seen to the west. above sea level. The 23 metre high tower was built in 1857 by 35 civil B ST prisoners, using sandstone blocks quarried less than a kilometre away. MARSH Cape Moreton was once the haven for up to 100 feral goats. Pigs, B Venus Banks horses and goats were introduced to the island in 1865 to provide food Channel YELLOW PATCH – A large sand blow clearly The beach up to North Point

MORETON for shipwrecked sailors. visible from Bribie Island and the mainland. is closed to traffic. The dark yellow sand makes it a distinguishable North Point THE No public access to the lighthouse and surrounding area. landmark of Moreton Island. Honeymoon Bay to Blue Lagoon Open fires prohibited 82.ROCKY Freeman HILL Cape Moreton CAUTION – Care should be taken if ST WADING BIRDS – The area around Heath Island PILOT is a critical habitat for wading birds. M fishing on or near any rocks. Heath Island M Reduce speed and avoid the birds and soldier crabs. 2·7 ° Bulwer CAPE MORETON 27 02' Yellow 27°02' Wrecks Patch CONSERVATION PARK Moreton Island CAUTION – Tidal lagoons often make Taxi Service Old this stretch of beach impassable. ST Inner 3·6 M Cape Cliff WARNER .79 HARPER'S MONUMENT – A plaque is set in the Harbour FIVE HILLS BYPASS . 70 rocks at the base of the cliff in memory of a former lighthouse keeper who drowned there while fishing. Channel Tailor Bight M M C STRAND Reac Lake Jabiru C 1·1 h 3·0 Braydon Beach BANKSIA BULWER LAKE JABIRU – The main open waterbody of ST a system of interconnected lakes and swamps. Kianga M N12 Creek Viewed from Smith Peak, the system forms a Comboyuro Point spectacular mosaic of freshwater ecosystems ST Dog 1·5 surrounded by varying vegetation. ·SMITH PEAK 112 6·1 Comboyuro Point M Spitfire 27°04' The beach in front 2·6 27°04' BULWER – Once the base of the pilots of Comboyuro Point Scale (approx) who guided ships safely into Moreton Bay. is closed to traffic. C h 0 100 200 300 400 500 metres Three hulks, originally placed to offer a safe anchorage, now lie on the beach. Bulwer Wrecks MAGLAGLAN N10 These wrecks are dangerous. Keep off! Bulwer M 2·8 BULWER MORETON BLUE LAGOON – This is the largest freshwater lake on the island with crystal-clear water and a touch of pure Spitfire Beac white sand on the ocean side. The Lagoon contains See Inset 1·5 D VALLEY ·DIAGRAM HILLS some 2·5 billion cubic metres of fresh water. It is not D fed by streams, but the surrounding act as a Yule Road 191 M RIDGE natural rainwater catchment, maintaining the water level. KIDNEY 3·5 There is an attractive camping area close by. GRAVES – These gravesites, with their engraved headstones, · TRIANGLE Blue Do not use soaps or detergents in the lakes or streams. N of two children who died at sea in 1883 and 1895, bear 171 M M FIRST witness to the lifestyle and maritime role of Moreton Island RIDGE Lagoon N8 in the late 19th century. SECOND Blue Lagoon PLUGGES ·HUTCHINSON PEAK M 0·7 HONEYEATER LAKE – Small deep lake set in a 199 RIDGE densely wooded area close to the track linking PLATEAU THIRD Honeyeater M 2·5 BOLTONS Bulwer and the eastern beach. The lake is barely 27°06' RIDGE Lake visible from the track and is easily missed. CURTIN REEF – Since August 1968 old gravel and 1·6 27°06'

Bypass concrete barges, tugboats, concrete pipes, 5000 8·0 1·1 RANGE car and truck tyres, 60 car bodies and an old RIDGE tram have been placed in 20 metres of RIDGE water to form an artificial reef. CAUTION – Due to creek JESSIE PEAK· M CAUTION - Beaches are not patrolled by lifeguards crossings, low tide access only. to Among the many vessels on the Reef lie two Telegraph 178 N6 Curtin Artificial and there is no shark protection. affic Refuse whale chasers ‘Kos l’ and ‘Kos II’ which were sunk Track ST

ST Reef M Station here in 1971. The Reef now attracts large numbers Cravens HOWARD of fish and has become a popular spot for divers C MOUNT E and fishermen. · CAMPBELL 229 Warrajamba Beach E ISLAND MORETON BAY ADSWORTH SPUR W · RUSSELLS MARINE PARK COWAN COWAN – The site of an old TOP 4·8 navy signal station known as Fort Cowan – GUN LESLIE Cowan Cowan SNAKE Beach closed to tr Brisbane's first line of defence during World Cowan N4 JESSIE See Inset Grey Nurse Shark Protection Areas exist around Henderson Rock and War ll. RIDGE The beach in front of Cowan Cowan is Cherub’s Cave. Fishing and Diving restrictions apply. For further information Cowan 3.5 Gully Henderson Rock WILLIAM contact the Department of Employment, Economic Development and closed to traffic. THE NEK 27°08' Innovation www.dpi.qld.gov.au Cowan Cowan Point ·ROUND HILL MOUNT TEMPEST – The highest 27°08' Cowan Shr 185 point on the Island and said to be the apnel highest coastal sandhill in the world. Scale (approx) CHANUK BAIR EAGERS SWAMP – Mobile dunes are 0 100 200 300 400 metres rapidly invading the Swamp's ecology SCALE 1 : 65 000 CAUTION – The beach from Bulwer to Tangalooma is ·HELL SPIT 274 280 M Eagers from Beach the east. Eagers Creek, one of Gully · · 0 1 234 5km trafficable but is sometimes closed at high tide. Slow down 175 STORM MOUNT Eagers the fastest flowing on the Island, carries when passing people or other vehicles on the beach and M MOUNTAIN TEMPEST Swamp N2 water from the freshwater system watch out for hazards such as washaways. Eagers through the dunes and into the sea. 0·8 Monash · Telegraph Gully FLAT IRON PIMPLE C M F HOLLY 246 Eagers Creek F Ben-ewa M W 2·5 ALKERS Legend 0·5 TANGALOOMA WRECKS – Some 14 old dredges SPUR Gully and barges have been sunk here between 1964 M 1·4 1·3 and 1984 to create a sheltered anchorage for ·CONE HILL Distance markers on the beach Barge/Ferry route Rocks 0·3 199 start from the Middle road exit and boats. It is a favourite spot for scuba divers and 1·2 RIDGE Distance in kilometres 0·9 False Patch M MInterchange M 1·6 M Secondary track has become the haven of many species of fish. M0·6 are placed every 2km north. Traveling M south, the first distance marker starts Distance marker Spot height .117

These wrecks are dangerous. Keep off! 0·1 M MIDDLE N12 M ± The Wrecks 0·2 M 1km south of the exit and then placed Jetty Swamp M One way 4·7 One way every 2km. ± ROAD Lake Town/Resort to Toulkerrie and 27°10' 5·5 Major track Walking track ° Kooringal ocean beach to Airstrip 0·9 27 10' Moreton's tracks have been kept to a Mangroves No vehicle access M S1 minimum to protect the fragile National park boundary 30km/hr zone CHUMBA 3·0 environment of the Island and to Channel Peak .UPPER HILL Special protection zone h minimise the destructive breakdown of (low tide access only) / vegetation. If you care about Moreton ST Road 30km/hr zone below and your own safety, don't drive along TANGALOOMA – Former whaling station which Sholl Bank half tide ESP MORETON ISLAND anything but designated tracks. operated from 1951 to 1962. TANGALOOMA RESORT ST G Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort occupies Accommodation No fishing TALNAN the site of the whaling station. The original G ST a M0·6 M Jason Beac flensing deck and floor have become part of the m Tangalooma RECREATION The Moreton Island Recreation Area o Resort facilities. lo or Ship Patch Airstrip No rubbish disposal a incorporates the whole of Moreton to g 1·5 n a S3 Island down to the low water mark, Refuse East T ST Station AREA excluding freehold and leasehold Barge landing point No spear fishing CAUTION – Vehicles are not permitted to drive The M land held under the Land Act. through Tangalooma resort or the adjoining BAKEERING Desert Moreton Bay Marine Park incorporates Bush fire brigade Patrolled site GOONDOOL beach. A bypass track joins Middle Road to the southern side of the Resort. all waters up to the high water mark. ST 8·1 Camping area Postal facilities 27°12' Tangalooma Point THE DESERT - A huge sandblow 27°12' void of plant life but surrounded Diving Public telephone

Bait shop KOORINGAL MIGDEN by thick vegetation. Pedestrian access only. S5 Ferry landing point Ranger station

KAKOOGUN Shoal The whole of the ocean beach is trafficable to ST Fishing Refuse station

Bank Square Patch off-road vehicles and best travelled at low tide.

Park South Slow down when passing people or other ST H DJALOON NATIONAL vehicles on the beach and watch out for Gas supplies Shelter shed H MORETON 8·9 hazards such as washaways and rocks. Moreton's inland tracks are soft sand or dirt Tangalooma ing (Lucinda Bay) General store Shower Ridge and suitable only for reliable off-road vehicles. Dr Signposts are placed on the main tracks to help you find your way around. S7 Helipad (for emergency use only) Toilets 9·8 h

ST BAY Beac View point DEEMAN Ice supplies Road M White (or Camel) Rock to Reeders Point Information Water (boil before drinking) 27°14' Scale (approx) 27°14' 0 100 200 300 400 500 metres Rous Battery Lighthouse Walking track Track

Gonzales Beach Camping - Take your Liquor supplies Wreck MORETON BAY Shark Spit 4·2 own firewood or a fuel stove. 4WD access only. S9 MARINE PARK Firewood can be purchased Mechanic from the Bulwer garage SANDY PEAK · or the MiCat barge. J It is illegal to collect 122 Beach J firewood on the island.

HULKS – North of the Big Sandhills lie what is left M MIGRATORY BIRDS - The areas around of two old steam ships, beached here about 100 years ago. Little remain of these rusted hulks. PARK Heath Island and Mirapool are internationally renowned roosting sites 1 2 3 ROUS BATTERY – Once a strategic defence post 153°16' 153°18' 153°20' M during World War ll, some of the concrete bunkers SOUTH for migratory birds. S11 can still be seen here along Toompani Beach. Please do not disturb roosting birds.

3·2 0·8 M ° 27 16' 27°16' CAUTION – The beach between Kooringal and Tangalooma is not always trafficable. Debris and shifting CAUTION – Road rules apply on Moreton Island, and safety Sunmap Regional Map sand can periodically make the beach impassable – even is as important on the beaches and tracks of the Island as it at low tide. It is best to get local advice and travel only is anywhere in Australia. Do not drive over beach foredunes. This destroys delicate

at low tide. Toompani Slow down when passing people or other vehicles on vegetation, exposing sand to the devastating erosion of PACIFIC the beach and watch out for hazards such as washaways wind and rough seas. M Big S13 Please keep Moreton Island a natural place. Littering and debris. Sandhills K destroys the Island's natural environment for you and others. BIG SANDHILLS – Rising to a height For your safety and enjoyment, an environmental code is K of 80 metres these striking dunes are printed on the reverse side of this map. Moreton Island a familiar part of the Moreton skyline. The tracks on Moreton Island are soft sand or dirt and Pedestrian Access only. not suitable for conventional vehicles. They are also subject to change. Drivers are advised only to attempt beach travel two hours either side of low tide. 2·5 The safety and enjoyment of all depends on you. OCEAN CAUTION – Do not drive vehicles on tidal flats as they may contain areas of quick sand. S15 LITTLE SANDHILLS – The drifting sand has made Moreton Island's Little and Big 27°18' M Sandhills a major attraction. Just six 27°18' Little kilometres north of Kooringal, the Little FORESHORE FLATS – Exploring the flats at low Sandhills tide reveal a host of tiny marine life. Care should Sandhills stretch across the Island. Index Pedestrian Access only. be taken not to disturb this natural habitat. It is A G best to wear something on your feet when walking 9·2 Amity ...... N7 Gonzales Beach ...... J6 Ridge Shoal...... H4 on the flats. Amity Point...... N7 Gun Ridge...... E6 Rocky Hill...... B7 B H Round Hill...... F5 Ben-ewa...... F4 Harpers Monument...... C7 Rous Battery...... J6 2·3 S17 Big Sandhills...... K6 Heath Island...... B6 Rous Channel...... P5 WADING BIRDS – The area near Little Sandhills Black Gutter...... N6 Hendersons Gutter...... M6 ‘Rufus King’...... N7 is an important habitat for wading birds. Blue Hole...... L5 Henderson Rock...... E8 Russells Top...... E5 L Reduce speed and avoid the birds. Blue Lagoon...... D7 Hell Spit...... F5 S L Fraser Long WADING BIRDS – The area Boltons Ridge...... E5 Holly Spur...... F5 Sandy Peak...... J6 Point Boolong Banks...... N5 Honeyeater Lake...... D7 Second Ridge...... D6 s around Mirapool and the Braydon Beach...... C7 lagoon is a critical habitat for Honeymoon Bay...... B7 Shark Spit...... J5 Toulkerrie Oyster Farm M Browns Gutter...... M5 Howard Range...... E5 Sholl Bank...... G4 Blue Hole Gutter wading birds. Bulwer...... D4 Hutchinson Peak...... D5 Short Point...... M7 A 30km/hr speed limit applies Bulwer Valley...... D5 I Shrapnel Gully...... F5 Bulwer Wrecks...... D4 Inner Freeman Channel.....C4 Smith Peak...... C6 CAUTION – Visitors to this part of the island are Clohertys below half tide. C advised to carry insect repellent as mosquitoes and J Smith Rock...... A8 Peninsula No vehicle access at high tide. Camel (or White) Rock...... H6 Jason Beach...... G6 Snake Spur...... E5 sandflies can be a considerable source of discomfort. Campbell Point...... M6 The Divide S19 Jessie Peak...... E6 South Passage...... N7 Cape Cliff...... C8 K Spitfire Beach...... D7 Cape Moreton...... B8 3·7 Kianga Channel...... C4 Spitfire Creek...... D7 Mirapool Chanuk Bair...... F5 Kidney Ridge...... D5 Square Patch...... H5 ° Clohertys Peninsula...... L6 Kooringal...... M6 South Tangalooma Road....H5 27 20' Comboyuro Point...... C4 27°20' Cone Hill...... F5 L Storm Mountain...... F5 Coonungai Bank...... M5 Lake Jabiru...... C7 T Turtle and go slow areas - When Little Sandhills...... L6 Tailor Bight...... C5 travelling in shallow water, vessels are required Hendersons Gutter Cowan Cowan...... E4 Cowan Cowan Point...... F4 Long Point...... L7 Tangalooma Point...... G4 to operate 0ff-the-plane and keep a lookout for Crab Cowan Gully...... E5 Lucinda Bay...... H4 Tangalooma or these gentle creatures. Boat strike, Island Crab Island...... M6 M Ship Patch...... G5 Cravens Creek...... E5 Maglaglan Ridge...... D5 Tangalooma Resort...... G5 entanglement and swallowed rubbish are Short Point ‘Marietta Dal’...... A8 Tangalooma Road...... G4 common causes of turtle and dugong injury Curtain Artificial Reef...... E4 M D Mays Hole...... M6 Telegraph Gully...... F6 and death. Take plastic bags, nets, fishing line Days Gutter...... M6 Mirapool...... L7 The Desert...... G5 Monash Gully...... F5 The Divide...... L6 and rope ashore for disposal. Coonungai Bank KOORINGAL M Diagram Hills...... D5 M Dog Creek...... C5 Moreton Banks...... M5 The Nek...... E5 See Inset Dring Bank...... H4 Mount Campbell...... E5 The Wrecks...... F5 M E Mount Tempest...... F6 Third Ridge...... E6 1·2 Eagers Beach...... F6 N Triangle...... D6 Days Passage Eagers Creek...... F6 North Point...... B7 Toompani Beach...... K6 2·4 M Eagers Swamp...... F6 ...... P7 Toulkerrie Oyster Farm...... L6 Campbell Point East Channel...... G4 O V Moreton Banks Gutter F Old Harbour Reach...... C3 Venus Banks...... B4 Mays Hole False Patch...... F5 Outer Freeman Channel...... B4 W DAYS GUTTER – Safe anchorage for small CAUTION – Beach impassable First Ridge...... D6 P Walkers Ridge...... F6 boats. Kooringal is easily accessible from here. due to fallen trees. Five Hills...... C6 Pimple...... F6 Warrajamba Beach...... E7 M Flat Iron...... F5 Plugges Plateau...... D5 White (or Camel) Rock...... H6 Browns Gutter Reeders Point Fishermans Gutter...... N4 R Y CAUTION – Very shallow Flinders Reef...... A8 Rainbow Channel...... P6 Yellow Patch...... B7 Gutter entrance, many logs Frasers Gutter...... L6 Reeders Point...... M6 Yule Road...... D4 27°22' k ° Blac 27 22'

Boolong Banks GPS USERS The horizontal datum used on this map is GDA94. ‘Rufus King’ For all practical purposes GDA94 is the same as WGS84, as used in Global Positioning Systems (GPS). To enter points calculated from this map, your GPS receiver should be set to the WGS84 datum. South The accuracy of a GPS location can be affected by the number and position of the satellites at the time the position was determined, and can vary from day to day N . N To the best of our knowledge, all information on this map is correct at the time of publication. However we can take no responsibility for any changes that may occur. Some names shown may not be Fishermans Gutter approved place names under the Place Names Act, 1994. Background imagery is Landsat Thematic Mapper data acquired by the Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (ACRES), Geoscience Australia.

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