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Lindeman Island is a 600 ha island located 30 km south-east of Shute Harbour in the Lindeman Group of islands. It has 15 km of shoreline including nine sandy beaches; all but one are located in the Lindeman Island National Park. The park covers most of the island, apart from a southern section housing an airstrip and the Lindeman Island Resort. While the island reaches a height of 212 m at Mount Oldfield, it is generally undulating. A number of walking tracks link the resort with the beaches. Home Beach (LIN5) is the main beach and lies at the foot of the resort. It is a 100 m long pocket of sand, bordered by rock headlands, together with two terminal groynes, and the island jetty and boat ramp at the western end. In addition a seawall, pool and the resort back much of the beach (Fig. 4.54). The beach is relatively narrow and steep at high tide, widening to 50 m at low tide when it grades into the sand then reefs flat up to 300 m wide. Source: beachsafe.org.au/beach/tas/dorset/cape-portland/home-beach

Flat Top Island, is a small island off the entrance to Mackay harbor at the mouth of Pioneer River, about 6.5 kilometers (4.0 mi) east of Mackay, Queensland, Australia. It used to mark the river entrance for shipping and the direction of the port, as well as highlighting close-by shoals at Shoalwater Point and a reef off Hay Point. Flat Top Island Light is an inactive lighthouse located on Flat Top Island. At 6 meters (20 ft) from the ground to the lantern floor, it is the shortest of Queensland's timber-framed iron-clad lighthouses. In January 1918 the lighthouse was the only structure on the island and the only aid to navigation to survive the 1918 Mackay cyclone.[12] The lighthouse was automated around 1920. In 1991, the light source was still an open flame acetylene gas burner.[13] The light was discontinued in March 2007[14] and it is currently conserved on site.[15] The last light characteristic displayed was four flashes every twenty seconds, red and white depending on the direction. The lighthouse is currently inactive. Before that, it was operated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The island is accessible only by boat. It is unclear whether public access to the site and tower are available. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Top_Island_Light

Surely there must be someone in Mackay, a group or organization who would be interested in taking custodianship for this unique piece of history... Insitu restoration or relocation to Mackay as a tourist attraction!

Fraser Island was World Heritage-listed by UNESCO in 1992 in recognition of its natural values. The official citation pays tribute to the island's "exceptional natural beauty" and refers to "over 250km of sandy beaches with long, uninterrupted sweeps of ocean beach, with more than 40km of strikingly colored sand cliffs, as well as spectacular dune blowouts and ocean surf beaches; tall rainforests growing on low nutrient sands; perched dune lakes including both clear "white water" lakes and dark "black water" lakes; banksia woodlands, heath, patterned swampy fens and sheltered mangrove areas in a spectacular "mosaic landscape." Fraser Island provides a globally significant example of geological processes and biological evolution, including complex coastal dune formations that are still evolving; an array of lakes that is exceptional in terms of number, diversity, age, and the evidence of dynamic and developmental stages; and outstanding examples of ecosystems that have developed in response to maritime conditions and poor soils in coastal dune formations. The Butchulla people are the indigenous people of Fraser Island. The documented early history of the people of Fraser Island is incomplete and open to debate and discussion. Aboriginal people closely guard many of their traditions, legends, and laws and after European settlement, much of the evidence of the Fraser Island people's way of life was destroyed either intentionally or through ignorance. European involvement on Fraser Island may go back as far as a voyage by Portuguese explorer de Menonca around 1521. Clay pipes found in middens at Indian Head are thought to be evidence of undocumented visits by Dutch navigators in the 17 Century. In 1836 Captain James Fraser on the brig 'Stirling Castle' was wrecked at Swain's Reef, north of Fraser Island. The survivors traveled south in a lifeboat and eventually found themselves marooned on Fraser Island. Of them, only Eliza Fraser, the wife of Captain Fraser, lived to return to the mainland and the island was subsequently named after her. Logging was started on Fraser Island in 1863 by ‘Yankee Jack Piggott. The first trees taken by the loggers were the kauri pine, hoop pine, and cypress pine. In 1925 the satiny became the European Historyajor timber logged on the island after it was found to be resistant to marine borers and became popular for use in marine conditions around the world. Satinays logged heavily in the Pile Valley area, were used in the construction of the Suez Canal and to rebuild the London Docks after World War II. Central Station, a former logging camp, is now a Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service ranger information station and interpretive center. Source: www.fraserisland.net/fraser-island-history/european-history