Bribie Island National Park and Recreation Area — Attraction in Greater Brisbane

Bribie Island offers beautiful coastal scenery, low-key bush camping spots, popular boating and fishing areas in Pumicestone Passage, excellent birdwatching opportunities and spring wildflowers.

Bribie Island National Park and Recreation Area features sand dunes, heaths, paperbark wetlands, open forests, woodlands, freshwater creeks and lagoons.

Tidal wetlands and waters around Bribie Island are protected as part of Moreton Bay Marine Park. Fish, crabs and prawns breed in Pumicestone Passage and dugong feed on its seagrass communities. Thousands of shorebirds feed and roost here.

Cultural heritage includes shell middens and other evidence of Aboriginal people's traditional use of the area, and weathered structures remaining from the World War II coastal defence system.

Fort Bribie became part of a national defence system in World War II and was the first line of defence in Moreton Bay to protect Brisbane. The island was considered an ideal location for artillery batteries due to the close vicinity of the shipping channels. At the end of the war, coastal defences were scaled down and suitable building materials from Fort Bribie were disassembled and transported off the island for other uses. Some of the barrack buildings were cut off their stumps and sold as houses, leaving only the concrete slabs and stumps.

Weathered gun emplacements and searchlight buildings, characteristic of the six-inch gun batteries used to defend Queensland's coastline during the war, are located along the ocean beach foredunes. Bribie Island Second World War Fortifications are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register, as an example of Australia’s...

Spent the whole day exploring the park with the kids. Definitely need a 4WD to get around properly—some of those sand tracks are no joke. We planned ahead and packed all we needed, which helped heaps since there’s no real shops or facilities once you’re in. The beach was beautiful and fairly quiet, and we managed to find a nice spot to set up for a few hours. The boys had a blast playing in the sand and climbing on fallen trees. Didn’t see much wildlife except a few birds and crabs, but the quiet was refreshing. There’s a rugged charm to the place. The signage could be better though, and I reckon a few compost toilets wouldn’t go astray. Still, not a bad way to spend a day out of town. If you’re not expecting a resort-style park and don’t mind getting a bit dusty, it’s worth it. Just plan ahead and...

All I can say is wow. Went camping for two days at the ocean beach camping site. Very well set out camping spots and cheap as well. Right on the beach. And clean amenities close by. And most spots have a fire ring to make your own campfire. With different sized spots to cater for larger groups or just your self if you want. You will need a 4wd to access some places. And a permit is required to drive on the beach. Absolutely somewhere you have to go. If you drive on the beach make sure you check out the ww2 gun points. And also the natural lagoons scattered along the beach created from the incoming high tide....