Cylinder Beach, Point Lookout

A sheltered, patrolled beach in a curve of the coast at Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, one of the best family beaches in south-east Queensland. The water is usually calmer than on the open surf beaches, with gentle waves for learning to surf, and there's a beachfront campground behind the dunes.

Straddie is popular with uni students in the holidays and with families, so it gets busy in summer. The island also has great surf at Main Beach and Frenchmans Beach, freshwater lakes inland, and the North Gorge headland walk for whale watching.