Public listings checked 25/10/2026. Dates use each event’s local time. Check organiser details before travelling.
Explore the region
Explore Redlands Coast's mainland and island communities. North Stradbroke and Coochiemudlo Island require separate ferry planning.
Listings across Alexandra Hills, Capalaba, Cleveland, Coochiemudlo Island, Dunwich, Mount Cotton, North Stradbroke Island, Ormiston, Point Lookout, Redland Bay, Thornlands, Victoria Point, Wellington Point.
Attractions and places to visit
50 places in this selection. Opening hours, access and admission vary; check the place details.
Bayview Conservation Area in Redlands Coast is an award-winning outdoor recreation reserve. At almost 1000 hectares of open forest, Melaleuca wetlands and more, the reserve offers the perfect setting for exhilarating outdoor adventures, including mountain biking, horse riding, trail running and nature walks in an inspiring bushland setting. Due to this diversity, the reserve also provides a home to iconic Redlands Coast fauna such as owls, koalas, goannas, glossy black-cockatoos, and wallabies.
Visit the park to enjoy around 60 kilometres of dedicated mountain bike tracks rated from easy to challenging to suit every skill level or take part in regular MTB events and competitions.
Bayview is the perfect place for an inspiring ride. Bring your horse, saddle up and wind your way along an extensive network of horse-riding trails, making the most of the reserve amenities including horse hitching stations and drinking troughs.
Do you prefer your outdoor adventures on two feet? The reserve also offers shared trails perfect for trail runners, bushwalkers, and birdwatchers.
Open daily, the main German Church Road entry gate to the internal parking area and day use area facilities is open from 6am to 10pm. Please ensure your vehicles are outside the gate shuts.
Venman Bushland National Park is a tranquil portion of bushland on Tingalpa Creek abounding in wildlife: koalas, possums, gliders and wallabies. In spring, wildflowers bloom.
These 255 acres were sold to the government for one dollar in 1971 by a farmer with a dream of preserving wildlife and its habitat. Jack Venman (who still lived next door on the rest of his property) then devoted the rest of his life to improving the area for others. Two walking tracks take you to the creek. Listen for the tunes of birds, especially the deep call of the powerful owl and try to glimpse this rarely seen bird. Enjoy a picnic or cook your lunch on a wood-fired barbecue (firewood supplied).
Salt Water Murris Quandamooka Art Gallery offers visitors an authentic cultural experience on Minjerribah through contemporary Aboriginal art, storytelling and language. The gallery showcases works created by Quandamooka artists whose designs and narratives are deeply connected to sea country, culture and community.
Visitors are welcomed into a vibrant space where paintings, textiles, fashion and cultural products share stories of the land, waters and wildlife of Quandamooka country. Through artworks and creative displays, guests gain insight into the traditions, knowledge and contemporary expression of the Quandamooka people.
The gallery also highlights cultural storytelling through language, children's books and visual art that reflect the ongoing work of artists and language custodians who are committed to sharing and preserving cultural knowledge. Visitors may encounter storytelling through art, exhibitions that reflect the rhythms of sea country, and creative works inspired by local wildlife such as dolphins, turtles and coastal landscapes.
Salt Water Murris Quandamooka Art Gallery is unique for its strong connection to place, culture and family. Many of the artists are part of the local Quandamooka community, ensuring that the artworks and stories shared in the gallery are grounded in lived cultural knowledge and connection to country.
The experience offers visitors a meaningful opportunity to learn about Quandamooka culture through contemporary Aboriginal art, language and storytelling, while supporting local artists and cultural knowledge holders.
The museum's objective and rationale is to represent the 65,000 years or so of Aboriginal history, the British invasion and colonisation and a complex shared history of less than 200 years. The Museum aims to properly engage with, document and display the shared journey of living together on Minjerribah and that the museum is on unceded Quandamooka Lands.
Experience Minjerribah's history through the stories of the people who have lived here.
There are a range of permanent displays about the Quandamooka people, British invasion, convict history, shipwrecks and maritime history, the story of sand mining on the Island, as well as lots of photos of the old fishing shacks, boats and buses that helped kick off the tourism industry on Straddie.
There is also a room dedicated to sharing the story of the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum, and the political struggle of the Quandamooka workers, known as the 'Aboriginal Gang', to get equal wages with the white workers.
Everyone can enjoy the award-winning family-friendly museum and are welcome to browse through the Museum shop for local publications, gifts or a jar of the famous cumquat marmalade.
Well behaved dogs welcome.
Discover history in a fun and interactive way with the North Stradbroke Island Museum Treasure Hunt.
Pick up a colourful treasure map from the North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum and begin your adventure around the museum grounds on beautiful Terrangerri/Minjerribah.
Follow the clues and answer a series of fun "Can you find these things?" questions hidden across the outdoor and indoor displays and exhibits. The treasure hunt encourages visitors to look closely, explore their surroundings and discover fascinating stories about the island's history, people and culture.
This self-guided activity is perfect for families, children, school groups and curious visitors looking for a unique way to experience the museum. As you search for answers, you'll uncover interesting details and learn more about the heritage of Terrangerri/Minjerribah.
Complete the treasure hunt challenge and see how many objects you can find.
QUAMPI is led by culture, guided by story and grounded in Country. It is the gathering of the Quandamooka spirit we inherit and continue with pride and respect.
QUAMPI is the new First Nations owned and operated Arts and Cultural Centre on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) overlooking the serene waters of Deanbilla Bay.
Quandamooka Oyster Farm Tours on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) offers a hands-on oyster farming experience in the waters of Moreton Bay. Visitors walk across the mudflats at low tide to working oyster farms and learn how oysters are grown, cared for and harvested in their natural environment.
Led by Quandamooka guides, the experience provides insight into aquaculture, marine ecosystems and the important role oysters play in the health of Moreton Bay. Guests can see modern oyster farming systems in action and learn about the journey of an oyster from spat through to harvest.
As a First Nations-led oyster farm tour, the experience is grounded in connection to Country and shares Quandamooka culture, knowledge of Sea Country and the long history of oysters and oyster reefs throughout the region.
Small group sizes create a personal and immersive experience, combining culture, education and hands-on interaction with a working oyster farm.
Guests finish the experience enjoying fresh Quandamooka rock oysters On Country, alongside the waters where they're grown.
Brown Lake (Bummiera) – North Stradbroke Island's Pristine Rainwater Lake
Also known as Bummiera to the Quandamooka People, Brown Lake is a stunning rainwater lake on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), located just outside Dunwich (Goompi). Its unique brown colour comes from tannins in surrounding melaleuca and tea-tree bushland, making it one of the island's most iconic natural attractions.
A favourite swimming spot, Brown Lake offers picnic tables, wood-fired barbecues, composting toilets, and scenic bushwalking trails. Visitors can enjoy spotting native wildlife and seasonal wildflowers in a peaceful setting.
Bummiera is of deep cultural significance to the Quandamooka People, the Traditional Owners of Minjerribah. Learn more about its heritage at the North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum in Dunwich. Located within Naree Budjong Djara National Park, Brown Lake is accessible via Brown Lake Drive, a non-sealed road (no 4WD required) and is a must-visit destination for nature lovers.
Boat Rock is an action-packed dive site located off Brisbane’s North Stradbroke Island. While always a sensational dive, it is the least visited dive site in the area as it is generally washed by strong currents, is a tricky spot to anchor and is a site best suited to experienced divers. This tiny outcrop barely breaks the surface and its steep sides drop straight to 25 metres. If you rush your dive you can circumnavigate the base of Boat Rock on a single dive, but there is also a maze of rocky gutters and ledges to explore around this rocky pinnacle in depths to 30 metres.
The coral growth at Boat Rock is very average, but you don’t dive into this site to look at corals as you are likely to see schools of trevally, kingfish, fusiliers, surgeonfish, snapper and mackerel. Also common are wobbegongs, Queensland gropers, stingrays, spotted eagle rays, turtles and even the odd bronze whaler shark.
Just a couple of kilometres north of Brisbane's North Stradbroke Island, Flat Rock is well-known by locals as the most exciting dive site in the area. The natural rocky island is surrounded by vibrant coral gardens that are home to turtles, wobbegongs, leopard sharks, eagle rays, reef fish, pelagic fish and even the odd manta ray.
With depths of up to 35 metres, it’s an area reserved for those with Advanced Open Water Diving qualifications. Be sure to visit during winter, when you can meet packs of impressive grey nurse sharks, as they gather at the spectacular Shark Alley.
Manta Bommie is a rocky reef off Brisbane’s North Stradbroke Island, and is ranked in Australia's top 10 dive sites. Manta Bommie attracts marine life like a magnet, especially over the warmer months – with manta rays, as the Bommie’s namesake, the main attraction.
Divers often encounter groups of three or four of these giant rays swimming together. Leopard sharks, shovelnose rays, wobbegong sharks, stingrays, eagle rays, pelagic fish and turtles are also common visitors, giving this fully immersive aquarium something new and exciting to offer with every visit.
Located halfway between two of North Stradbroke Island’s most popular dive sites, Shag Rock and Flat Rock, is a large rocky ridge known as Middle Reef.
There are a number of dive sites at Middle Reef, in depths from 12 metres to 33 metres, where divers can explore ledges, caves and rocky walls. This wonderful rocky reef is coloured by pretty soft corals, sponges, gorgonians, sea whips and bushy black coral trees, the coral so lush as it is nearly always washed by strong currents. Middle Reef is populated by the usual varieties of reef fish and invertebrate species found off Brisbane, but is also a good place to see gropers, crayfish, wobbegongs, stingrays and eagle rays.
