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Bribie Island : Bribie Island is a large sand island in the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland. The island is separated from the mainland by the Pumicestone Passage, named by Captain James Cook, who noted small floating pieces of pumice.

Bribie Island

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Bribie Island is a large sand island in the northern part of Moreton B ...

Updated: Jul 21, 2009 3:12am PST

Great Keppel Island : Great Keppel Island is a 1454 hectare tropical island edged by 17 sandy beaches. It is the largest in the 14 islands known as the Keppel group. 

The first European to travel through the area was Captain James Cook who sailed through the Keppel group between 25 - 27 May 1770. He experienced some difficulty with the shallowness of the water. During this time he named Great Keppel Island and Keppel Bay (after Admiral August Keppel - first Lord of the Admiralty) and Cape Capricorn. 

Cook did not land at Great Keppel. Nor did Matthew Flinders who must have sighted the island in 1804 when he circumnavigated Australia. 

It wasn't until 1847 that the first European, a naturalist named McGillivray, set foot near Leeke's Creek. Of course Aborigines had been using the island for thousands of years prior to this. There are well preserved middens (mounds of shells) at the western end of Long Beach.

Great Keppel Island

HippyfromOz

Great Keppel Island is a 1454 hectare tropical island edged by 17 sand ...

Updated: Mar 22, 2009 5:15pm PST

Victoria Point, Queensland, Australia : Victoria Point is where I have lived for the past 14 years.
The Aboriginal name for Victoria Point was Warra Warra, possibly meaning mussels.

Victoria Point, Queensland, Australia

HippyfromOz

Victoria Point is where I have lived for the past 14 years. The Abori ...

Updated: Mar 21, 2009 11:47pm PST

Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia : Burleigh Heads holds so many memories for me - spent a lot of time here as a kid, is my favourite beach.  Usual story - the high rises didn't exist in my time.
Am going back to take some more when I get time

Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia

HippyfromOz

Burleigh Heads holds so many memories for me - spent a lot of time her ...

Updated: Apr 01, 2008 3:07am PST

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