Southern Queensland SUPERYACHT GUIDE

MORETON BAY

Moreton Island F eatures

Tangalooma and Tangalooma Island Resort Tangalooma is the gateway to Moreton Island with the Tangalooma Island Resort a popular destination offering family-style holidays, through to accommodation and tours of the island experiencing the many natural and unique attractions on offer. It is very much considered the ‘go-to’ service provider on the island. Tangalooma beach is eight kilometres long and backed by high sand dunes. Access to Moreton Island from the mainland is via a daily ferry service which arrives and departs at the Tangalooma pier.

Yellow Patch beach, Honeymoon Bay and Cape Moreton beach At the northern end of Moreton Island is a long stretch of isolated beach between the North Point Light and Heath Island known as Yellow Patch .

Surf beaches Almost anywhere along the east coast stretch of beaches has waves to surf but some of the recommended spots are in the north of the island including North Point, the Boulders (next to North Point) and Taylor Bight near Bulwer. Moreton Island has no patrolled beaches.

View east across Yellow Patch to North Point

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Quad-biking on the dunes above the resort

Local vessels often anchor here and guests go ashore to walk to the Champagne Pools as they catch the tide in the rock formations. The two popular north-facing beaches are Honeymoon Bay and Cape Moreton beach, accessed by steep tracks and well worth exploring. A hiking track on the hillside above leads across the top of the island to the Cape Moreton Lighthouse .

Ocean beach view north to Cape Moreton

Tangalooma Wrecks South of Cowan Cowan Point and within an easy swim from the beach are the well-known Tangalooma Wrecks . Exposed at low tide, these famous 15 wrecks (also scuttled as a breakwater) offer divers and snorkellers crystal clear waters and high visibility to take in the full array of marine live and coral formations. Near the wrecks are two large bare- faced dunes begging to be climbed for a landscape view of the beach.

Superyacht tenders can access the pier by prior arrangement. One side of the pier is a Marine Park Protected Zone for dolphin feeding and is not to be used by vessels.

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Bulwer wrecks Cruising south following the west side of Moreton Island are the three Bulwer wrecks immediately outside the township of Bulwer. Scuttled back in the 1930s to create a breakwater, the ships have rusted away enough for snorkellers and swimmers alike to enjoy.

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Afternoon at the resort

Snorkelling around the Tangalooma wrecks

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