Double Island Widebay Burnett Queensland Aerial Photos
Located in Cooloola Shire, about 255 kilometres from Brisbane, Double Island is the northern most mainland surfing beach. The bank of sand off the North-Western edge of the beach is home to the longest surfing beach in Australia. Add to Description →
Double Island #999178
- Filename
- Double-Island-999178.jpg
- Photographer
- Mike Swaine
- Description
- Aerial photography looking north east over Lake Poona towards Double Island Point.
Double Island Information
While this Island is made entirely of sand, an extraordinarily diverse range of flora and fauna flourish here. The flora of the region appears to flourish through water supplied from two freshwater lakes, Lake Poona and Lake Cootharaba.
Double Island is best known (apart from the surfing) for the Cherry Venture Shipwreck that ran aground on the 6 of July 1973 after a ferocious storm. All the crew were safely rescued and after the storm passed, refloating was attempted but all that was achieved was to turn the ship around. The wreck was left until March 2007, when after many years of exposure, it had become a danger to visitors and the beach, due to rusted steel and asbestos. All that remains today is an information board on Teewah beach telling of the famous ship.