represent the area patrolled by lifesavers and lifeguards. They mark the safest
place to swim at the beach.
ook at the safety signs - You will find safety sign at the entry to the main swimming beaches and will indicate the degree of
safety for swimming. Never ignore a BEACH CLOSED for swimming sign!
The safety signs help you identify potential dangers and daily conditions at the beach. These are located at beach access
points and at the flagged areas. Please read them carefully before entering the water.
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Stradbroke Island artist Denis Brockie has won the prestigious d’Arcy Doyle Landscape Prize for the second time in three years.
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Spinal Education Awareness Team (SEAT) presenter Mark Farley, who has been a volunteer for the program for the past three years, will share his story of how he sustained his spinal cord injury, and what life is like using a wheelchair with 185 children from Dunwich State School. more... |
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The second annual Straddie Salute Off-road Triathlon was held last Sunday October 11th at beautiful Point Lookout on North Stradbroke Island. The capacity field of 300 individual and team competitors were promised a ‘race with a difference’ and the Straddie course delivered exactly that. Excitement mixed with nervous tension as competitors lined up on Home Beach awaiting the mass beach start. A frenzied burst into the surf began the day’s action as competitors started the 600m swim in crystal clear waters and light swells.
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Artist Casselle Mountford installed a series of Eco Ephemeral Art pieces along the Point Lookout Gorge Walk earlier this year, and in this report from Jo Kaspari ,you can discover more about this new artform.
"Eco Ephemeral Art is about ecology and the environment, it is made for the environment and with the environment; it is temporary or short lived” (From Ecology: Everyone's Business, Artlink, Vol 25 No 4)
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Rudekat Records and Scene Magazine present Island Vibe 2009 at the Home Beach Park at Point Lookout over three days from the 30th of October to the 1st of November. more... |
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