North Gorge Walk, Point Lookout

An easy 1.2 km boardwalk loop around the headland at Point Lookout, on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), and one of the best wildlife walks in Queensland. From the clifftops you can often see turtles, manta rays and dolphins in the clear water below, and from June to November humpback whales pass close to the headland on their migration.

The walk passes the blowhole-like gorge where waves surge into a narrow cleft. Point Lookout has surf beaches on both sides, including Cylinder Beach and Frenchmans Beach.

To get to Straddie, take the train from Brisbane to Cleveland, then the passenger ferry or the vehicle ferry to Dunwich (about 25 to 45 minutes), and a bus to Point Lookout.