January 2012 Moreton Island Report

15/01/12

Happy New Year to all those who read our news, I've had a short stay this week at the island and weather was nice for once.

I've attached photo of burnt out 4wd that caught fire on the Cowan bypass over a week ago and caused the bushfire that is still raging on the island.

To the owners of the 4wd I hope you were insured and managed to get some possessions off.

The island certainly is bare once the fires go through, some tracks were still closed to the northern part of the island yesterday, not sure of status now, best to check with National Parks website before going over.

Fishing was good as usual, plenty of whiting about on western beach and top end of island where I fished.

New eatery and shop has now been opened at Bulwer and certainly looks nice, it's a substantial investment in Bulwer by the Barge company and can only bring more people to the island for holidays....well done to Roz and team.

That's about it for now.

Cheers
Don Rankin

September Report

Sunday 2nd Oct 2011

Hi Everyone,
Island is as beautiful as ever and those who had the chance to go over recently would have enjoyed the sunshine.

Tracks are soft at the moment due to dry weather, so make sure your tyres are down to 15lb pressure, heaps of 4wd towing trailers were getting bogged.

The worst track is the Cowan bypass.

Fishing was ok, seen better, but still managed to get a feed every day.

Flathead are slowly coming in, best to try around logs in the water and creek mouths.

Whiting being caught at night in front of Bulwer, best tide to fish is flood tide.

Bait and tackle shop has closed at Bulwer and the Bulwer shop is now handling this side of things, albeit on a smaller scale.

I noticed they are selling live worms and frozen bait.

Can't go along the beach from Taylor Bite to Cape Moreton now as the coffee rocks are exposed and lots of trees blocking the way, so only way now is the road to the Cape from Bulwer.

It was always only a low tide option anyway, but save your fuel and go the other way.

That all

Cheers
Don

Moreton Island Is The Place To Be Now On These Sunny Days

13/7/11

Just had 5 days on the island last week and was fantastic sunny days, heaps of fish to be caught, if you know where to go.

See baby whale photo, was taken just north of Tangalooma track on the surf side, couple of big bites visable, not sure what type of whale as badly torn apart.

The surf side was fairly poor for gutters and made finding fish hard, I stuck to the top end of the island and never missed.

Cheers
Don

Tracks Have Been Graded

26/05/11

Hi All,
Tracks around Bulwer have all been graded by council and National Parks have been busy as well grading the Taylor Bite access, so all nice and smooth for your next trip over.

Not sure about the rest of the island, thanks to Wendy Webster for the update.

Any other news for the island feel free to drop me an email through our contact page.

Cheers
Don