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Moreton Island experiences a marine-moderated humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa with very warm, muggy summers and mild, pleasant winters. Precipitation is abundant year-round, averaging 1,467.3 millimetres (57.77 in) annually, and wind speeds are high, averaging 26.8 kilometres per hour (16.7 mph) at 3 pm, in part due to its exposed location.
Moreton Island is the largest locality on the island Moreton Island within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Moreton Island had a population of 180 people. [ 1 ]
The Southern Moreton Bay Islands, abbreviated as SMBI, also known as the Bay Islands, are the four inhabited southern Moreton Bay islands located in South East Queensland, Australia. The group is part of the Redland City with a permanent population of 7,635 as of the 2021 census (up from 6,153 in the 2016 census).
The island is home to Queensland's oldest operating lighthouse located at Cape Moreton on the northern tip of the island. [1] The township of Cowan was home to the Australian soldiers during WWII and many relics remain on the island. Access to the park was restricted during a clean-up of oil from the 2009 southeast Queensland oil spill. [2]
The City of Moreton Bay, known until July 2023 as the Moreton Bay Region, is a local government area in the north of the Brisbane metropolitan city in South East Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it replaced three established local government areas, the City of Redcliffe and the Shires of Pine Rivers and Caboolture .
Moreton Bay is a locality split between the City of Brisbane and the City of Redland, both in Queensland, Australia.The locality includes all of the bay Moreton Bay (water and islands) between the mainland of the City of Brisbane and the City of Redland across to the western coast of Moreton Island and the western coast of North Stradbroke Island (including some islands but excluding others).
Moreton Island Cowan Cowan is an island town and locality in the City of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the 2021 census , the locality of Cowan Cowan had a population of 27 people.
Matthew Flinders sailed between Moreton Island and Bribie Island in 1799. Map of Moreton Bay made in 1842 by Robert Dixon (high resolution image) Land for sale in Manly in 1887 Moreton Bay Pile Light, c. 1912 Sailing on Moreton Bay in 1915 Woody Point jetty at Woody Point Beach scene, Sandgate December 1937 The first of the Tangalooma Wrecks ...