16. North Straddie in the background will keep you well and truly occupied as it will take you years to explore its’ 38km x
11km boundaries. Plus there’s South Stradbroke Island. All 21km x 2.5km of it. Both are also tourist destinations.
20. You get to travel to and from the mainland on fast, twin hull waterbuses.
21. In a medical emergency, you will be
flown by helicopter to Brisbane
hospital and get there quicker than
from a lot of suburbs on the
mainland.
For less urgent medical cases there is an ambulance
waterbus to take you to the mainland.
Each Island has an ambulance.
Each island is serviced by its own locally based
paramedic.