Redland

The island has a rich wildlife population including kangaroo, wallaby, koala goanna, and a range of birdlife too. We spotted many dolphins in the sea around us, and Jamie kayaked alongside sea turtles and rays. We were lucky enough to see it all during our stay. A little koala climbed up and down 3 different trees next to our camp pitches, before choosing the tree to remain in. We spent our week searching out the various sites on the Island. We walked around the point to see the northern beaches and drove to the inland lakes. Brown Lake (so called because the water is brown due to tannin in the water from the surrounding trees) was reached by car and Blue Lake via a 3 km bush walk. We extended our walk from the Blue Lake to the top of the island on a baking hot day, and were very relieved to get to the lookout for our lunch at the end of the Grass Tree trail. We took the See All trail back to the car in the shade of the tree canopy.
The gorge walk at Point Lookout was a favourite walk which we completed twice. From the boardwalk we could view dolphins, turtles, and rays in the water below. The colours in the sea were vibrant.
On two days of our week's stay we all piled into Jamie's car to drive onto Main beach, once to do some fishing with the girls and the second time we visited the keyhole lakes behind the foreshore. The drive was only accessible by 4WD vehicles. After deflating his car tyres to the required pressure Jamie did a sterling job of getting us onto the shore, although we did get stuck in the sand once. The ride was fairly bumpy until we reached the sea shore.Read more