LIZARD ISLAND: Tropical Paradise on the Great Barrier Reef
This guide will show you all Lizard Island has to offer: awesome diving, hiking and the beaches...oh the beaches! Join us as we sail to Lizard Island, a tropical oasis in the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Lizard Island is located in the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef about 60 nautical miles north of Cooktown.
We've flown in and camped at Lizard Island twice and also sailed to the island group, so if you ever have any questions about visiting this awesome tropical paradise, let us know!
Cheers,
Jam and Andman
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Luxuriate on Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef
Lizard Island, Australia's northernmost island resort on the Great Barrier Reef, is truly secluded from the rest of the world and is located a one hour scenic flight over the reef from Cairns.
Surrounded by narrow fringing reefs that rise steeply from depths of 20m, guests can plunge straight from the beach into Tiffany
Blue waters and snorkel over stunning coral gardens.
Equally, they can join an excursion to the edge of the continental shelf, some 20km away as well as the Cod Hole, considered one of the world’s best dive sites, where gentle giants of the fish
world, like 30kg potato cods and large Maori wrasses, waltz with scuba divers.
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Travel with Drew - Ep.2 - Lizard Island | Queensland
We journey all the way to the Australian icon the Great Barrier Reef, and take a look at the luxury, sophistication, and unbelievable experiences available at Lizard Island.
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See the picturesque Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Beautiful, natural and wild and the most northern Great Barrier Reef resort Lizard Island is the place for a perfect holiday escape.
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Jewell Reef Trip - Flight from Cairns to Lizard Island
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Climb aboard the Piper (Cherokee ?) for a flight from Cairns to Lizard Island, Queensland Australia.
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Lizard Island | National Geographic Lodges
Set upon 2,500 pristine acres of coastline, Lizard Island offers the natural beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, uninterrupted by the rest of the world.
Lizard Island - Australia
Located in Tropical North Queensland, directly on the Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island epitomises indulgence.
Accessible only by private charter, those who visit this exclusive resort with its 24 powdery-white sand beaches, five-star cuisine and award winning spa experience, are sure to have an unforgettable holiday - like nowhere else! #likenowhereelse
Find out more on our website:
or on lizardisland.com.au | Instagram: @lizardisland
Lizard Island Resort - Walk-Thru
Lizard Island Resort
Australia - Great Barrier Reef - Lizard Island - 12 February 2012 #2
Lizard Island lies about 27km from the Queensland Coast, 93km north east of Cooktown. This group of islands are the only high rocky islands situated close to the Outer Barrier Reefs and on the edge of the Continental Shelf.
For many thousands of years, aborigines canoed to Lizard Island from the mainland to collect food from the shores and shallow reefs. On the islands, extensive shell middens indicate the importance of this shellfish food source and are an accurate record of the long history the Aboriginal people have had with the islands.
Captain James Cook climbed the steep ridge to the highest point of the island as he had enough sailing through reef waters and must have been delighted when the views from Cooks Look showed him safe passage through the outer barrier reefs into the Coral Sea.
Cook's reports of the goo anchorage and freshwater, led other early survey vessels, including the HMS Beagle, Fly and Rattlesnake to Watson's Bay on Lizard island during the 1880's.
In the 1870's, Robert Watson started processing Beche-de-mer or Sea Cucumbers on the island. The animals were collected on nearby reefs and boiled and dried at Lizard Island. In 1881 aboriginals who may have felt that their traditional rights were threatened, attacked the settlers, killing one Chinese servant, while Robert Watson was at sea. Mrs Watson fled the island in a Beche-de-mer boiling tank with her baby son and one other Chinese servant. They died of thirst after drifting for nine days. Mrs. Watson's diary of the ordeal is held in the John Oxley library in Brisbane.
The Islands anchorage, fresh water, and unspoilt beauty have continued to attract fisherman and sailors for the past 200 years. The Island National Park was gazetted in 1939 and the surrounding marine park in 1983. The Lizard Island Research Station was established in 1973. The tourist resort, Lizard Island Lodge, was opened in 1975 and is an exclusive resort often visited by royalty and movie stars.
Australia - Great Barrier Reef - Lizard Island - 12 February 2012 #1
Lizard Island lies about 27km from the Queensland Coast, 93km north east of Cooktown. This group of islands are the only high rocky islands situated close to the Outer Barrier Reefs and on the edge of the Continental Shelf.
For many thousands of years, aborigines canoed to Lizard Island from the mainland to collect food from the shores and shallow reefs. On the islands, extensive shell middens indicate the importance of this shellfish food source and are an accurate record of the long history the Aboriginal people have had with the islands.
Captain James Cook climbed the steep ridge to the highest point of the island as he had enough sailing through reef waters and must have been delighted when the views from Cooks Look showed him safe passage through the outer barrier reefs into the Coral Sea.
Cook's reports of the goo anchorage and freshwater, led other early survey vessels, including the HMS Beagle, Fly and Rattlesnake to Watson's Bay on Lizard island during the 1880's.
In the 1870's, Robert Watson started processing Beche-de-mer or Sea Cucumbers on the island. The animals were collected on nearby reefs and boiled and dried at Lizard Island. In 1881 aboriginals who may have felt that their traditional rights were threatened, attacked the settlers, killing one Chinese servant, while Robert Watson was at sea. Mrs Watson fled the island in a Beche-de-mer boiling tank with her baby son and one other Chinese servant. They died of thirst after drifting for nine days. Mrs. Watson's diary of the ordeal is held in the John Oxley library in Brisbane.
The Islands anchorage, fresh water, and unspoilt beauty have continued to attract fisherman and sailors for the past 200 years. The Island National Park was gazetted in 1939 and the surrounding marine park in 1983. The Lizard Island Research Station was established in 1973. The tourist resort, Lizard Island Lodge, was opened in 1975 and is an exclusive resort often visited by royalty and movie stars.
Lizard Island - CodHole Part II Awesome!!
Our trip continues at Lizard Island after a couple of big days of Travel, This video shows our campsite, take a walk up to cook's Lookout, bit of fishing and a trip to the famous Cod Hole. Lizard island is a pretty amazing place and well worth a visit at least once, can't wait to go back. The Marlin Bar was amazing and for the keen fisho, blew my mind, we had some great feeds there and great cold beer, and also very reasonably priced which was great. Make sure you check out the Marlin Bar, although only open a few nights a week.
The fishing was OK, not spectacular, but it's the place to go for 1000lb marlin!! we still had fun and a lot of spearfishing which we don't normally do. Make sure you have your permits, only $6 a night per person for the campsite and well worth it. The campsite has a gas barby which was nice and also eco friendly toilet just a short walk away. Water is available at the Marlin Bar or nearby bore which can be manually pumped.
The great barrier reef has a lot of marine parks around Lizard island and a lot of it is Green so no fishing. We still could fish, but mainly went spearfishing and got plenty of coral trout, which were great fresh on the Barby!!
Part 3 to come soon and finishes off a great trip!! Thanks for watching and make sure you subscribe with more fishing videos coming soon,
cheers Greg
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Paradise - Lizard Island Part 2, 18-20 July 2019
Continuing on our Lap of Australia on Paradise – I’ve broken up Lizard Island into 2 blogs, see part 1 for the Research Station.
The walk up to the top of the Cook’s Lookout got the heart pumping and the views along the way were amazing.
The crystal clear water made snorkeling the reef full of excitement with the giant clams and the bright colours of the tropical fish.
Unfortunately, our time ended short as the national parks were doing the annual burn off. We will definitely be back again!
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