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| The beach in front of the
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Brampton Island
Particularly beautiful island south of the Whitsundays
Brampton Island is located 32 km north-east of Mackay and is
considered by some to be the southernmost island in the
Whitsunday Island group. This is not entirely fair as the
services operating in the Whitsundays (ie. ferry services
from Hamilton Island and from the mainland port at Shute
Harbour) do not include Brampton in their itinerary. It is
more accurately part of the 70 islands which constitute the
Cumberland Group.
Macair operate daily flights between Mackay and Brampton
Island. A regular launch service also operates between
Mackay and the island five days a week. Until recently the
only regular nautical access to the island was from Mackay.
This has now stopped and the only commercial access is via
Whitaker Airlines from Mackay Airport.
Like most of the islands off the Queensland coast,
Brampton was first sighted by Captain James Cook who passed
through the area in early June, 1770. At the time there was
no permanent Aboriginal population on the island although
groups from the mainland did regularly visit the island in
search of food.
It was not until 1879 that the island (until that time
simply known as 'M' on charts of the area) was named. Staff
Commander Bedwell of the Royal Navy, recognising the
Cumberland Group of islands, named each island in the group
after towns in the Cumberland Lake District.
A few years later the Queensland Agricultural Department,
in a program to help shipwrecked sailors, planted coconut
palms on a large number of islands including Brampton. The
plan was that the coconuts would provide food for the
sailors. Some of the coconut palms can still be seen on the
beach at the island's resort.
In 1916 Joseph Busuttin, his wife Sarah and five children
became the island's first European settlers. The family
remained on the island establishing the first resort. Joseph
Busuttin's sons did not leave the island until 1959 when
they sold the resort.
Things to see:
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| Looking over Dinghy Bay
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Vital Information About the Island
1. The Island Itself
Location
32 km north-east of Mackay
Description of the island
A large 770 ha island with seven idyllic beaches. Most of
the island is part of the Brampton Island National Park. The
island is characterised by great variation of vegetation
with dramatic stands of hoop pine, sections of tropical
rainforest, and coastal mangroves. The beaches are isolated
and delightful.
How do visitors access it?
Currently only access is a ten minute flight from Mackay
Airport for people staying on the island.
Activities on the island
The bushwalking is outstanding. There are also the usual
range of water and island activities.
Bushwalks
There is no better walking track on the Great Barrier Reef
islands than the exquisite, and superbly maintained, 7-km
National Parks track which circumnavigates most of Brampton
Island. It is so well constructed, and its gradients are so
subtle, that although one minute you are gazing across
expanses of coastline and the next minute you are on some
sandy beach, even the chronically unfit can complete it in a
couple of hours. Of course it is much better to mooch and
take half a day.
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| Blackboys cover the
ground on the walk around the island
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It is a track full of surprises. Forests of hoop pine
give way to gloriously isolated beaches; hundreds of
blackboys (or Xanhorrhoea if you want to be politically
correct) erupt from their grass skirt bases; aquamarine
waters, driven by the island's 3 metre tidal range, rush
along the island's eastern coastal channel; and, all the
time, the path twists and turns offering surprising vistas
saturated with tropical greens and blues.
There are also additional walks to the Cape Hillsborough
Lookout and to both Oak Bay and Dinghy Bay West. The resort
has good
2. Resorts on the Island
History
The first resort on the island was established in 1933 when
two of the sons of the island's original settler, Joseph
Busuttin, welcomed passengers from P&O's ship, the SS
Canberra, in December. The three week holiday - ship to and
from Sydney and 11 days on Brampton Island - cost £27/3/-.
The Busuttins retired in 1959 and since then the resort has
gone through a number of owners. In 1965 an airstrip was
built on the island. The saltwater swimming pool was
completed in 1972 and in 1985 TAA purchased the island and
upgraded the resort. In late 1997 the resort was purchased
by P&O Resorts who promptly spent $3 million on
refurbishment and decided that the traditional daytripper
market from Mackay should be halted.
How big is it?
106 rooms holding a maximum capacity of approximately 220
people.
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| Relaxing at the resort
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Who does it appeal to?
The resort is now targeted at the couples market.
Honeymooners, young, middle-aged and elderly couples.
Free activities
An adventure snorkel trail, archery, basketball, volleyball,
catamarans, golf (6 hole chip and putt), tennis,
windsurfing.
Other activities
Coral viewing, fishing trips, Great Barrier Reef Cruises,
Melaleuca tour on Carlisle Island, scuba diving, water
skiing.
Eating at the resort
All meals are included in the tariff at the Bluewater
Restaurant (breakfast, lunch and dinner). Cocktails and
snacks can be purchased at the Aqua Bar.
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