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| Nudey Beach
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Fitzroy Island
Little known but attractive island with excellent
bushwalking
Fitzroy Island is a large continental island (ie. it was
once part of the mainland and the area between the island
and the coast was drowned after the last Ice age - 6,000
years ago). Today it has a small area given over to a
resort. The vast majority of the island is a National Park .
The island is of great spiritual significance to the
Gunghandji Aboriginal people who live on the mainland. They
believe that during the Dreamtime a person named
Gulnyjarubay came to the area and named the island Gabara
meaning 'the fist'. It was a way of saying that the arm and
the wrist had been submerged and all that was left was 'the
fist' standing up out of the water.
The Gunghandji Aboriginal people have used Fitzroy Island
for thousands of years as place for hunting and fishing.
Today they still have an active involvement with the island.
In 1770 Captain Cook became the first European to sight
Fitzroy Island. He named the island after the Duke of
Grafton who was the Prime Minister when the Endeavour left
England on its epic voyage through the Pacific.
Throughout the nineteenth century the island was visited
by itinerants. By the late 1800s a beche de mer (sea
cucumber) industry was operating on the island. It was also
around this time (1876) that the island became a quarantine
station for the Chinese who arrived in north Queensland
eager to try their luck on the goldfields around the Palmer
River.
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| The modern lighthouse at
the top of the island |
By the early 1900s there was an Anglican Aboriginal
Mission at Yarrabah and by 1929, after a number of
shipwrecks, the first lighthouse was built. It was little
more than a navigation light and was established on Little
Fitzroy only to be replaced by a more substantial lighthouse
on the main island in 1943. The current lighthouse, a far
cry from the solidity of the great 19th century edifices,
was built in 1970 and continued to operate until 1991 when
an automatic system was established.
Things to see:
Vital Information About the Island
1. The Island Itself
Location
25 km south east of Cairns.
Description of the island
A substantial island (339 hectares) which has been largely
ignored by visitors to Cairns because of the more attractive
options of Green Island (a coral cay) and Outer Reef
journeys to reef platforms. It has a lot to offer and is
sufficiently large and close to the mainland to have diverse
vegetation and fauna.
How do visitors access it?
Great Adventures, which operate from Cairns harbour, offer
regular trips to the island. The cost (1/9/98) was $30.
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| The view from the
lighthouse - looking across to the mainland
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Activities on the island
Excellent bushwalking particularly to the lighthouse. Both
swimming and snorkelling are available around the coast.
There are four main walking trails on the island. (a) the
secret garden - a pleasant 45 minute walk (return) through
rainforest (b) Nudey Beach - a pleasant and easy walk to a
quiet and peaceful beach through rainforest and coastal bush
- 1.2 km - 45 minutes return (c) Lighthouse road -
frighteningly steep road (it is concreted all the way) up to
the island's modern lighthouse (built 1970). It is 3.6 km
return (2 hours) but the views are spectacular and worth the
effort (d) Summit trail - just below the lighthouse is the
1.5 km return walk to the summit. It offers even more
spectacular views but is also very steep. Really for fit
bushwalkers rather than day trippers.
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