Inskip Point
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Inskip Point is a peninsula in the north of the locality of Inskip to the north of the town of Rainbow Beach in south-east Queensland, Australia.{{Cite QPN|16745|Inskip Point|point in tGympie Region|accessdate=24 November 2019}} It is the vehicular gateway to K'Gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) via a barge service.{{Cite web |title=Inskip Point Ferry to K'gari (Fraser Island) - Fraser Tours - Fraser-Tours.com |url=https://fraser-tours.com/article/inskip-point-ferry-to-kgari-fraser-island?srsltid=AfmBOorBgDllgWkPFS6UyqvOHuDPRSnrLhIetpOF_gE7GqkHf56s-4qB |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Fraser Tours |language=en}}
The area became notorious for its near-shore landslides in which the beach collapses into the ocean.{{cite news |last=Cassidy |first=Tara |date=9 April 2021 |title=Another landslip off Inskip Point occurs where cars were boarding Fraser Island barge |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-09/qld-inskip-point-another-landslip/100056978 |work=ABC News |access-date=1 February 2024}} The worst event occurred in 2015 when campsites, cars and trailers fell into the ocean.
Geography
It lies between Tin Can Bay to the South West and Great Sandy Strait to the North and curves back towards Rainbow Beach and the Coral Sea to the East.
The southern tip of Fraser Island, Hook Point lies some 1,200 metres north of Inskip Point, the northern tip of the peninsula. Two ferry services run between Inskip Point and Hook Point during daylight hours.
Fauna
The black-breasted buttonquail, a restricted-range endemic buttonquail, was once found in sand-dunes on the peninsula. In 2013, only one remained.{{cite web |url=http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/dingoes-are-blamed-for-quail-tragedy/1764050/ |title=Dingoes and wild dogs blamed for quail tragedy |last1=Johnson |first1=Hayden |date=21 February 2013 |publisher=Fraser Coast Chronicle |accessdate=23 February 2013 |archive-date=30 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130065739/http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/dingoes-are-blamed-for-quail-tragedy/1764050/ |url-status=live }} Mike West, former president of Birds Queensland, blamed dingoes and wild dogs for hunting the population to extinction. West proposed trapping dingoes and wild dogs, setting them free if they are pure dingoes and killing them if they are not.{{cite web |url=http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/inskip-point-dogs-must-go/1765908/ |title=Wild dogs Inskip Point must go: conservationist |last1=Johnson |first1=Hayden |date=22 February 2013 |publisher=Fraser Coast Chronicle |accessdate=23 February 2013 |archive-date=6 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606181859/http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/inskip-point-dogs-must-go/1765908/ |url-status=live }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070513065827/http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/parks_and_forests/find_a_park_or_forest/inskip_peninsula_recreation_area/ Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service page about the Inskip Peninsula]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050616093215/http://parks.camping.com.au/qld/qld_sunshinecoast_inskip.htm Australia Parks page about the Inskip Peninsula]
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