Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort

Lady Elliot Island..

by Sweetberry1

Hervey Bay is a major access point for Lady Elliot Island, first of the Islands of The Great Barrier Reef. Flights run several times daily with the opportunity to stay on the small coral cay or just visit for the day.

Hervey Bay

by robertgaz

Hervey Bay is a small city in south eastern Queensland and is located approximately 3.5 hours drive north of Brisbane

It is a short distance from Fraser Island, which is the world's largest sand island, and Lady Elliot Island, a pristine resort island on the Great Barrier Reef.

The local economy relies mainly on tourism, which includes whale watching from mid July until early November.

Lady Elliot Island - Qld

by JustinJansen

This is the first coral cay in the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. It's a true birdwatchers paradise as birds nest all over the island, also the spot is known for his Green and Loggerhead Turtle's and a good healthy population of Manta Rays.
Once you're on the island on a day trip ore for several days you can dip into one of the most beauitiful coral reefs in this world.
From 1863 to 1969 the island was largely destroyed due vegetation destruction, harvesting sea-birds and introducing animals on the island. Since then all the goats where killed and revegetation programma's started. Now on small scale tourist are allowed on the island.
You can enjoy ?reef? experience? with that includes snorkelling, scuba diving, reef walking and swimming.
Other activities include: bird watching - black-napped terns, crested terns, roseate terns, red-tailed Tropicbird, brown boobies, black & brown noddies, buff-banded rails, Eastern reef egrets and oyster-catchers. Whale watching is between June to October as they migrate north. Turtles use the island to nest during November to February. See the amazing coral spawning during November and December.
I really enjoyed my visit at end October 2002 here! And I can advise anyone to take a flight with Oz horizons from Bundaberg to here! It cost about Aus Dollar $ 225 to get one day up and down!
You have to imagine that it is a small island with a airstrip cut the island in two, and there is scrub on both sides of the island, in this scrub there are some walking paths and here you can find all these tame and good behaving birds. Its not a cheap visit but it is unforgettable in the breeding season.

Islands & Beaches- Central Queensland

by grantravel

Lady Elliot Island was formed over a 3000 year period and is home to 200,000 nesting birds in summer, as well as nesting sea turtles. Renowned for dive sites and snorkelling, this coral island has a small nature retreat. On the mainland, Mon Repos is a major sea turtle rookery.

Lady Musgrave Island has the largest navigable lagoon on the Great Barrier Reef at 1200ha. Heron Island, a Great Barrier Reef coral cay, offers turtle nesting tours and reef walks. Heron has been named one of the best diving locations in the world and is a sanctuary for 100,000 Black Noddy Terns.

Boyne Island is linked by bridge to Tannum Sands with long stretches of sandy beaches. Great Keppel Island is one of the Keppel Bay Islands with tall forests, sandy beaches and a huge array of activities. Accommodation includes backpacker and resort facilities.

From Mackay with 32 beaches nearby, visit Brampton and Keswick Islands with their sandy beaches, cockatoos and kangaroos. The Whitsundays are situated amongst 74 islands. Go island hopping, take a one day or longer boat cruise or charter a yacht. This premier sailing destination has a range of accommodation from five star luxury to bungalow style or family resorts. Whitsunday resort islands include Hamilton, Hayman, South Molle, Long, Lindeman, Daydream. Hook Island has fjod-like inlets popular as yacht anchorages. Just further north are the beautiful and secluded beaches around Bowen.

Hervey Bay

by robertgaz

"Hervey Bay"

Hervey Bay is a small city in south eastern Queensland and is located approximately 3.5 hours drive north of Brisbane

It is a short distance from Fraser Island, which is the world's largest sand island, and Lady Elliot Island, a pristine resort island on the Great Barrier Reef.

The local economy relies mainly on tourism, which includes whale watching from mid July until early November.
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