What’s not to love about Bribie Island in beautiful Moreton Bay?
Just over an hour’s drive from Brisbane, this mainland-linked island offers a range of experiences – from the chilled out to the full-on adventurous.
It’s easy to plan a big day on Bribie. And – you know what they say – a big day needs to start with a big brekky!
They don’t come much bigger than the all-day brunch bonanza at Annie Lane Café in Bongaree.
Self-styled ‘boss babe’, Candice Kiss, has made a name for serving up generous, colourful, seasonally fresh brunch dishes and over-the-top Crazy Shakes.
Fed and fuelled for the day ahead, make your way to the Bribie Beach Shack at Sandstone Point – said to be the only licensed bait and tackle shop in the world.
You get more than beer and bait, though – the café serves great coffee and meals with a serene water view. You can also hire a boat – or jump on board with owner, Rich Speck, for a leisurely eco-cruise of the Pumicestone Passage.
The cruise takes in the best of the island’s famous waterway and western coastline – its birdlife, its beauty and its history – before delivering you safely onto the beach at Lighthouse Reach and into the hands of Jason Brown of G’day 4WD Adventure Tours.
Between them, Jason and Rich have devised a tag-team tour that takes in the best of Bribie, by land and sea. Both run tours on any given day, then swap over customers halfway through.
The land leg starts with a journey to Fort Bribie, to visit the remains of gun batteries that were built to defend Brisbane from Japanese invasion during World War II.
The tour then turns south for a stunning surf beach run that takes I n 4 semi-tidal lagoons frequented by birdlife and kangaroos.
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It’s easy to turn a big day out into a big weekend or longer on Bribie.
Book yourself in at Sandstone Point BIG 4 Holiday Resort and choose from a range of accommodation options – from luxury safari tents to sea-front villas. (Stay tuned for the opening of over-water bungalows across summer!)
You won’t be short of ways to have fun at BIG 4 – with family-friendly activities including splashing around at the waterpark and pools, shooting hoops on the basketball court, ruling the road in go karts, trying for a hole-in-one on the putt putt course – and much more.
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