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It was great while it lasted!
BY GREG LUCK (Image Credit - Leigh Trevaskis_July 2023)
For the last 4 years, cruisers have been enjoying a lagoon that opened up at Double Island Point. It provided a flat millpond either when coming out of the Wide Bay Bar or waiting to go in. As you can see in the image below, the entry has almost closed up, and there is a log and a 4WD axle and diff obstructing it, but it was great while it lasted.
It is a beautiful spot with clear water and a calm lagoon. The lagoon is in Wide Bay, a large bay open to the north but protected from southeasterly trade winds. The point and its surroundings are part of Great Sandy National Park.
There is a lighthouse walk along a trail accessed from behind the beach. See this map for details.
I thought it would be interesting to look back through the aerial photos from the 1950s in the following pages. As you can see, the 2019 - 2023 lagoon is by far the largest. There is a dedicated Facebook Group on the lagoon which is a great source of information. Let's hope it forms again.
You can see more in Cruising the Queensland Coast.
Source: State of Queensland. Public Domain
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