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South Molle Island, part of the
First established in 1937, the island's resort lies on Bauer Bay on the northern end of the island and so is well protected from the prevailing south easterly winds. The resort area, now known as South Molle Island Resort, is owned by Koala Adventures and has a nine-hole golf course in addition to 200 rooms that can accommodate 600 guests. In 1961 a large jetty was built as the small jetty that existed was only usable at high tide.
Popular hiking and cycling trips include the walk to Mount Jeffreys in the southern half of the island, from which one can continue southwest to Sandy Bay.
The South Molle Island resort was operated by Ansett Transport Industries in the late 1980s. At the time, Ansett was half owner of the
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Whitsunday Islands
The Whitsunday Islands are 74 continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, north of Brisbane. The northernmost of the islands are off the coast by the town of Bowen, while the southernmost islands are ...
, is a resort island in the Whitsunday section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park protects a large part of Australia's Great Barrier Reef from damaging activities. It is a vast multiple-use Marine Park which supports a wide range of uses, including commercial marine tourism, fishing, ports an ...
in Australia. The hilly island has numerous bays and inlets accessible by 16 km of walking and cycling tracks, with most protected in the Molle Islands National Park.
The islands were named by Lieutenant Charles Jefferys in 1815 after Colonel George James Molle, the then Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
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. Nearby islands include Mid Molle, North Molle and West Molle (known as Daydream Island
Daydream Island is one of seven islands of the Molle Islands, Molle Group, a sub-group of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. The island is small, measuring 1 km in length and 400 m at its widest point. The highest point on ...
). Just to the east and southeast, respectively, are the small islands Planton and Denman. Wild goats were introduced to the island in the nineteenth century as a food source for shipwrecked sailors.
Tourism
First established in 1937, the island's resort lies on Bauer Bay on the northern end of the island and so is well protected from the prevailing south easterly winds. The resort area, now known as South Molle Island Resort, is owned by Koala Adventures and has a nine-hole golf course in addition to 200 rooms that can accommodate 600 guests. In 1961 a large jetty was built as the small jetty that existed was only usable at high tide.
Popular hiking and cycling trips include the walk to Mount Jeffreys in the southern half of the island, from which one can continue southwest to Sandy Bay.
The South Molle Island resort was operated by Ansett Transport Industries in the late 1980s. At the time, Ansett was half owner of the Hamilton Island Airport Hamilton may refer to:
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which provided a strong team of tourists to South Molle. Bauer Bay holds a seaplane base.
In 2016, the island was bought by a Chinese company, but was destroyed by Cyclone Debbie
Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017 was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Queensland since Marcia in 2015, and was the costliest tropical cyclone in Australia since Yasi in 2011. Forming as a tropical low on 23 March, the low gradu ...
only a few months later. As of 2019, the resort remains closed and in disrepair.
History
There is some evidence that Aboriginals visited the island to extract hard stone for their weapons. The islands's first pastoral lease was granted in 1883. It was owned by the Bauer family since around 1920 and primarily used for sheep and cattle grazing until a resort was built in the 1950s. In 1970,Cyclone Ada
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ada was a small but intense tropical cyclone that severely impacted the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia, in January 1970. It has been described as a defining event in the history of the Whitsunday Islands, an ...
destroyed the island's resort. Coca-Cola
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filmed a TV commercial on the island./ref>
Settlement
Housing for the resort staff and the personnel from the seaplane base is located at the jetty on Bauer Bay.See also
*List of islands of Australia
This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by State or Territory. Australia has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders.
Largest islands
The islands larger than are:
* Tasmania (Tas) ;
* Melville Island, Northern Territory (NT ...
References
External links
Queensland tourism website
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