North Stradbroke Island whale watching trail!
Stradbroke Island is located on the outer edge of Brisbane's Moreton Bay, and a variety of great whales pass close by this Queensland island and shelter just off the many beaches and in Moreton Bay itself. After a brief rest the Humpbacks, Southern Wright and occasionally Blue Whales move on to their Hervey Bay and Whitsunday breeding grounds.
FREE Whale Trail Map Fishes Cafe, Point Lookout
Travel by water taxi from the bayside village of Clevelend to Dunwich, and catch the North Stradbroke Island bus to Point Lookout. At Fishes Cafe you can collect a complimentary whale watchers guide including a Point lookout map and whale identification chart. You can hire binoculars then walk (or Discover Straddie by bike) the short distances to the viewing areas around Point Lookout. Download the Stradbroke Island Whale Trail Map at the bottom of the page so you know where you are going.
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Using the map of Point Lookout you can download below , you can easily walk to the series of whale watching platforms situated high above the surf on Whale Rock, Frenchmans, Deadmans and Cylinder headlands. The walks are achievable for most fitness levels and are an ideal way to follow the whales as they pass by Australia's second most easterly point, the aptly named Whale Rock!
Whale Watching on the Gorge Boardwalk
North Gorge Walk Entrance
The Gorge walk is 1.2 k in length, on a purpose built boardwalk and contour trail winding its way through sheoaks and pandanus palms. The views out to sea and into the North Gorge itself are mesmerising to say the least. See our Video of the Gorge Walk Here.
Point Lookout - Queensland's most Easterly Point
Only 2m inside Australia's most easterly point, Cape Byron, Point Lookout is close to the continental shelf and the whales often become clearly visible as they veer left around the Point.
Not just whales seen....
Sea turtle and the largest pod of bottle nose dolphins in the world call Point Lookout home and are seen almost every day. You'll also see Sea Eagles, Gulls
Surfing on Straddie
When the swell is up, however, North Stradbroke's waves are best left to the experienced surfers who cross like migrating birds from the mainland, having watched weather maps for weeks waiting for Nature's forces to align an assault on Queensland's most easterly outpost
Watch surfers from high & dry vantage point
Position yourself on the headlands around North Gorge for a spectacular show of wave riding at its best. These same breaks are where Gary Elkerton, one of Australia's most successful professional surfers, honed his skills, and where current world number 2, Bede Durbidge, escapes the helter skelter of the pro circuit.
Fishes Cafe, Shop 2, 15 East Coast Road, Point Lookout QLD 4183, PH +617 3415 3444 Fishes Email Address