"A sand island near Brisbane built around shipwreck snorkelling and dolphin feeding."
Moreton Island, Brisbane Overview
Moreton Island is a sand island 58 km northeast of Brisbane, reached by vehicle ferry from the Port of Brisbane or passenger ferry to Tangalooma Island Resort. Almost the entire island lies within Moreton Island National Park. Day-trippers come to snorkel the Tangalooma Wrecks, 15 ships scuttled offshore between the 1960s and 1980s that now shelter dolphins, turtles and over 200 fish species, hand-feed wild bottlenose dolphins at Tangalooma each evening, and toboggan down towering sand dunes on 4WD-only tracks.
Moreton Island (Mulgumpin) sits at the northern entrance to Moreton Bay, about 98% of it protected as Moreton Island National Park. There are no sealed roads, so exploring inland requires a 4WD; ferries run from the Port of Brisbane vehicle barge and from Tangalooma Island Resort's passenger service. Tangalooma, a former whaling station that operated from 1952 to 1962, is now the main hub, home to the Tangalooma Wrecks snorkelling site and a nightly wild dolphin feeding program run by the Tangalooma Marine Education and Conservation Centre. Elsewhere on the island, visitors slide down tall dune fields, swim in freshwater lakes, and visit the 1857 Cape Moreton Lighthouse.
