Webcam Bruby Island. Beach in Warim, Australia
Bribie Island is the smallest and northernmost of the three large sandy islands that form the coastline protecting northern Morton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The others are Morton Island and North Stradbroke Island.
Bribie Island stretches 34 kilometers in length and 8 kilometers at its widest. Archibald Meston believed the island's name came from a distortion of its name on the mainland, Burabi, which means "koala."
Bribie Island skirts the coastline and narrows to a long spit at its northernmost point near Caloundra and is separated from the mainland by the Pumistone Passage. The ocean side of the island is somewhat sheltered from the prevailing winds by Morton Island and its associated sandbanks and has only a short break for surfing. The leeward side is calm, with white sand beaches to the south.
Most of the island is an uninhabited national park (55.8 square kilometers) and forest plantations. The southern end of the island has been heavily urbanized as part of the Morton Bay region, the main suburbs being Bongari, Warim, Bellara and Banksia Beach.
In 1963 a bridge was built from Sandstone Point to the mainland.
