Southern Moreton Bay Islands, Queensland

Southern Moreton Bay Islands
Gold Coast, Queensland

Eden, Kangaroo and Woogoompah Islands (looking west)
Population 0 (2011 census)[1]
Established 2003
Location 20 km (12 mi) from Surfers Paradise
LGA(s) City of Gold Coast (Division 12)
State electorate(s) Coomera
Federal Division(s) Fadden
Suburbs around Southern Moreton Bay Islands:
Steiglitz Russell Island North Stradbroke Island
Jacobs Well Southern Moreton Bay Islands South Stradbroke Island
Coomera Paradise Point

The Southern Moreton Bay Islands is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It is located at the northern end of the City of Gold Coast local government area. It was gazetted as a bounded locality on 7 Feb 2003 and regazetted on 27 November 2009 due to local government changes.[2]

The suburb is unusual in that it does not have any permanent residents.

The suburbs consists of numerous very low-lying esturarine islands separated by channels in the southern part of Moreton Bay. The islands are mostly covered by mangroves, and a substantial part of the area is inundated by water at high tide.

Islands within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:

Tipplers Passage with Kangaroo Island in the background on left, 2014

Passages and Channels within the Southern Moreton Bay Islands:[3]

Several of the islands within the suburb have been protected as the Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park. Most of the channels are protected as part of the Moreton Bay Marine Park.

Additional protection for fish habitat is provided by the Jumpinpin-Broadwater Fish Habitat Area declared on 19 November 1983. The habitat of sea grass meadows and shallow estuarine areas are protected for a variety of sea life.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Southern Moreton Bay Islands(State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Southern Moreton Bay Islands (entry 46085)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Beacon to Beacon Directory (8 ed.). Brisbane QLD: Maritime Safety Queensland. August 2008. ISBN 0-646-46178-8.
  4. ↑ Queensland Wetlands Program (2014). "Jumpinpin-Broadwater fish habitat area". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

Coordinates: 27°46′50″S 153°24′17″E / 27.78056°S 153.40472°E / -27.78056; 153.40472

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