Bribie Island
The Island
Bribie Island is unique. 34 kilometres long and up to 8 kilometres wide, it has thousands of hectares of wallum, wetland, heath, coastal forest and beach, largely protected within the Bribie Island National Park. The coastline that faces the mainland travels around foreshores and sandy coves, mirrored in the stillness of Pumicestone Passage Marine Park.
This is the only Queensland offshore island connected to the mainland by bridge.
The Sea
To the east, the open sea. To the west, the tranquil waters of Pumicestone Passage, a sanctuary for turtles, dugongs and migratory shorebirds, living in harmony with man and his marine pursuits.
To see dugongs surface from the seagrass beds and dolphins frolic with their young, so close, is magic. To discover dolphins playing in the canals, on your doorstep, is unique.
The sea is alive with fish. Several species of turtle spend time in the rich feeding grounds of the Passage. Humpback whales pass by twice a year, northbound in late July to breed, and on their return journey in November.
The Sky
At dusk each day, the still waters of Pumicestone Passage are transformed. Against a breathtaking backdrop of sunset over the Glasshouse Mountains, a cacophony of birds comes together for their evening promenade. A local spectacle of international significance.
Over the summer months, Bribie Island's resident bird community is joined by over 50,000 sea birds from Siberia, Northern China and Mongolia. News of the food-rich waters of our marine park has travelled far and these birds make this an annual pilgrimage.
Helping accommodate them, Pacific Harbour created a wader bird sanctuary at Kakadu Beach, where spectators have a bird's eye view from the observation 'hide'.