Brampton Island (Queensland, Australia)

Brampton Island is a tropical haven of white sandy beaches, coral reef and national park to explore. Exotic birds live in and around the untouched forests and the island ensures that this natural environment is well protected.

The activities on offer at Brampton are endless, ranging from beach volleyball to scenic flights and champagne cruises. Brampton is actually a small mountainous island no more than 3 mls long. The highest point is Brampton Peak at 718 ft, reached by a hiking track through the tropical forest which covers most of the island. The resort, however, has lots of elegant old coconut palms as it was formerly a palm nursery. Hemp also grows naturally. It is a national park and the waters around it, a marine national park.

Brampton has a variety of fauna and wildlife including kangaroo, koala bears, bats, lizards, butterflies, turtles, humpback whales in winter and lots of birds. The original resort dates back to 1933 and has plenty of history.

Locality:

Located just off the Queensland coast, at the entrance to Whitsunday Passage in the Coral Sea, 20 mls NE of the principal mainland town of Mackay, its national airport and harbour. 50 mls from the Great Barrier Reef, 680 mls NW of Brisbane, 650 mls SE of Cairns and its international airport.

Although actually one of the Cumberland group of islands, it is often considered as belonging to the Whitsunday group just to the N. Linked by a ¼-ml sand spit at low tide to neighbouring Carlisle Island, which dominates the view from the resort. In a strait between the two, just to the W, is pretty little Pelican Island, which can also be reached on foot at low tide.