Remote & wild
Remote & wildUnsealed tracks, few facilities.
7 things
- Five Fingers Reef snorkelShallow, calm and fish-rich reef fingers a short drive south — a family favourite.
- Oyster Bridge snorkelA rock “bridge” shelters a calm lagoon ~14 km north — gentle snorkelling for kids.
- Maud’s Landing turtle nestingGreen and loggerhead turtles nest on the beach north of town over the warm months.
- Maud’s Landing history walkA quiet beach with the remains of a 19th-century shipping jetty.
- Quad-bike snorkel safariRide a quad along the beach to remote reef you can’t reach without a 4WD.
- Reef fishing charterHead out past the reef for coral trout, emperor and pelagics — outside the sanctuary zones.
- Coral Bay stargazingWalk up the dune after dark — no city lights for hundreds of kilometres.