Magnetic Island Resort | Accommodation Magnetic Island Queensland

Below are just some magnificent facts about where you have booked your accommodation - Magnetic Island Queensland.

Magnetic Island is situated in Australia’s renowned Great Barrier Reef region of North Queensland only 8km off the major centre of Townsville. It is a World Heritage Listed National Park, featuring spectacular natural landscapes and seascapes including boulder-strewn headlands, hoop pines, high quality sandy beaches and fringing coral reefs. Just over half of this large continental island (2533ha) is protected as Magnetic Island National Park.

A continental island composed mostly of granite; it was once part of the mainland before the sea level rose about 7500 years ago. Nowadays, the island is mostly covered with open eucalypt woodland of bloodwoods, stringy barks and grey iron barks. Hoop pines and native kapok are found on the headlands, and rainforest is found in sheltered gullies.

The island is surrounded by pristine sandy beaches (including some turtle nesting areas), turquoise fringing reefs, mangrove communities that are important as fish nursery areas and seagrass beds which support a significant dugong population.

The island was named by Lt. Cook during his 1770 voyage when he believed the island's landmass was affecting his compass. The island's interesting past has included hoop pine logging, a quarantine station for the port of Townsville, early tourism in the 19th century, pineapple farming and coastal defences during World War II. Magnetic Island's WWII forts are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register and are among the best examples of such fortifications on Queensland's east coast.

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