Point Lookout, Queensland
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Point Lookout
| city = North Stradbroke Island
| state = qld
| image = NorthGorgeLookingEast.jpg
| caption = Eastern wall of the North Gorge, as seen from the Gorge Walk at Point Lookout
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.4297|153.54|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Point Lookout (town centre)}}
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 12
| pop = 785
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4183
| area = 4.4
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 14.1
| dir1 = ENE
| location1 = Amity
| dist2 = 18.5
| dir2 = NE
| location2 = Dunwich
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| lga = Redland City
| stategov = Oodgeroo
| fedgov = Bowman
| near-n = Coral Sea
| near-ne = Coral Sea
| near-e = Coral Sea
| near-se = Coral Sea
| near-s = North Stradbroke Island
| near-sw = North Stradbroke Island
| near-w = North Stradbroke Island
| near-nw = North Stradbroke Island
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Point Lookout is a headland, small coastal town and locality on the eastern coast of North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), Redland City, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|20078|Point Lookout|headland in Redland City|access-date=13 February 2022}}{{cite QPN|27179|Point Lookout|population centre in Redland City|access-date=13 February 2022}}{{cite QPN|43648|Point Lookout|locality in Redland City|access-date=13 February 2022}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Point Lookout had a population of 785 people.
Geography
File:Open Street Map - Point Lookout, 2015.JPG
Point Lookout is Queensland's most easterly point. To the north lies Cape Moreton and to the south the next major headland is Point Danger on the New South Wales/Queensland border. The other towns on the island are Dunwich and Amity Point.
In the west near the caravan park is Rocky Point and Adder Rock. Cylinder Beach extends eastwards towards Cylinder Headland. Frenchmans Beach fronts Frenchmans Bay. At the eastern extremity is North Gorge and Whale Rock. Offshore are several rocky outcrops above sea level. The headland is an ideal location for land-based seawatching in Australia.{{cite book |title=RSPB Migration Hotspots: The World's Best Bird Migration Sites |last=Harris |first=Tim |year=2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1408171172 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYBuAAAAQBAJ |access-date=19 August 2015 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307094627/https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SYBuAAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }} Humpback whales can also be seen from here as they migrate along the east coast of Australia. The area is mostly residential houses and tourist apartments built close to the beach and atop nearby ridges to take advantage of sweeping Pacific Ocean views. There are a few shops and a caravan park at Point Lookout.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
There is no railway on the island, the nearest station being in Cleveland {{convert|19|mi|km|sigfig=2}} to the west. Dunwich airport is {{convert|9|mi|km|sigfig=2}} southwest.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}}
= Climate =
Point Lookout has a warm humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with hot, wet summers and very mild, relatively dry winters. Precipitation is abundant, averaging {{convert|1482.8|mm}} annually, with an autumn maximum due to its exposed location.{{cite web
|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_040209_All.shtml
|title = Point Lookout Climate Statistics (1997-2024)
|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology
|access-date = July 7, 2024
|archive-date = 9 July 2024
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240709222518/http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_040209_All.shtml
|url-status = live
}}
{{Weather box
|location = Point Lookout (27º26'24"S, 153º33'00"E, 41 m AMSL) (1997-2024 normals and extremes)
|collapsed = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 39.8
|Feb record high C = 35.2
|Mar record high C = 33.3
|Apr record high C = 31.0
|May record high C = 28.5
|Jun record high C = 27.5
|Jul record high C = 27.9
|Aug record high C = 31.0
|Sep record high C = 33.9
|Oct record high C = 35.6
|Nov record high C = 32.5
|Dec record high C = 36.5
|Jan high C = 29.5
|Feb high C = 29.3
|Mar high C = 28.6
|Apr high C = 26.4
|May high C = 23.8
|Jun high C = 21.7
|Jul high C = 21.1
|Aug high C = 22.1
|Sep high C = 24.0
|Oct high C = 25.2
|Nov high C = 26.6
|Dec high C = 28.2
|Jan low C = 22.7
|Feb low C = 22.6
|Mar low C = 22.0
|Apr low C = 19.7
|May low C = 16.9
|Jun low C = 14.6
|Jul low C = 13.8
|Aug low C = 14.3
|Sep low C = 16.6
|Oct low C = 18.5
|Nov low C = 19.9
|Dec low C = 21.5
|Jan record low C = 14.1
|Feb record low C = 16.6
|Mar record low C = 16.2
|Apr record low C = 11.3
|May record low C = 7.1
|Jun record low C = 7.3
|Jul record low C = 6.5
|Aug record low C = 7.0
|Sep record low C = 8.5
|Oct record low C = 7.9
|Nov record low C = 12.7
|Dec record low C = 15.7
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 143.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 153.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 173.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 165.8
|May precipitation mm = 147.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 144.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 102.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 55.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 54.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 93.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 115.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 124.5
|year precipitation mm = 1482.8
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 9.8
|Feb precipitation days = 10.5
|Mar precipitation days = 12.7
|Apr precipitation days = 12.4
|May precipitation days = 10.7
|Jun precipitation days = 9.6
|Jul precipitation days = 9.1
|Aug precipitation days = 6.1
|Sep precipitation days = 5.8
|Oct precipitation days = 7.4
|Nov precipitation days = 8.3
|Dec precipitation days = 9.6
|Jan afthumidity = 71
|Feb afthumidity = 70
|Mar afthumidity = 69
|Apr afthumidity = 68
|May afthumidity = 64
|Jun afthumidity = 65
|Jul afthumidity = 62
|Aug afthumidity = 62
|Sep afthumidity = 66
|Oct afthumidity = 68
|Nov afthumidity = 69
|Dec afthumidity = 70
|Jan dew point C = 20.9
|Feb dew point C = 21.0
|Mar dew point C = 19.8
|Apr dew point C = 17.7
|May dew point C = 14.6
|Jun dew point C = 12.8
|Jul dew point C = 11.4
|Aug dew point C = 12.0
|Sep dew point C = 14.7
|Oct dew point C = 16.4
|Nov dew point C = 17.7
|Dec dew point C = 19.7
|source 1 = Bureau of Meteorology (1997-2024 normals and extremes){{cite web
|url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_040209_All.shtml
|title = Point Lookout Climate Statistics (1997-2024)
|publisher = Bureau of Meteorology
|access-date = July 7, 2024
|archive-date = 9 July 2024
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240709222518/http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_040209_All.shtml
|url-status = live
}}
}}
History
The point was sighted and named by James Cook on HMS Endeavour during his exploration of the east coast of Australia on 17 May 1770.{{Cite web|title=Bicentenary of the Naming of Point Lookout|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/search/display/114862-bicentenary-of-the-naming-of-point-lookout|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Monument Australia|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215091920/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/search/display/114862-bicentenary-of-the-naming-of-point-lookout|url-status=live}}
In 1803 Matthew Flinders in the cutter Hope came ashore at Cylinder Beach (Hopewell) to find water as he was returning to Port Jackson (Sydney) after he was wrecked in HMS Porpoise on the Wreck Reefs off Gladstone. It is first recorded contact between the British and the Noonuccal people in this area. The Aboriginal people assisted Flinders in finding fresh water to fill his barrels.{{Cite web|title=History of Straddie|url=https://www.stradbrokeislander.com.au/history.html|access-date=15 February 2022|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419174355/https://www.stradbrokeislander.com.au/history.html|url-status=live}}
The Point Lookout Lighthouse was constructed in 1932, which is still in use today.{{cite AHPI|QLD602261|Point Lookout Foreshore}}
On 14 May 1943, the single greatest loss of life resulting from a submarine attack in Australian waters occurred {{Convert|23|nmi}} ENE off Point Lookout when the hospital ship AHS Centaur was sunk by a Japanese submarine. On 15 May 1994 Minister for Veterans Affairs, Con Sciacca, officially unveiled a memorial to the sinking of the Centaur on Cylinder Beach Headland.{{Cite web|title=A.H.S. Centaur Memorial|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww2/display/92271-a.h.s.-centaur-memorial|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Monument Australia|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507170959/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww2/display/92271-a.h.s.-centaur-memorial|url-status=live}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Point Lookout had a population of 713 people, 47.1% female and 52.9% male. The median age of the Point Lookout population was 53 years, 15 years above the national median of 38. 72.1% of people living in Point Lookout were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 2.1%, South Africa 1.4%, United States of America 1% and Philippines 0.7%. 85.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were French 0.6%, Croatian 0.4% and Japanese 0.4%.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32366|name=Point Lookout (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Point Lookout had a population of 785 people, 47.6% female and 52.2% male. The median age of the Point Lookout population was 55 years. 71.5% of people living in Point Lookout were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5%, New Zealand 2%, United States of America 1.8%, South Africa 1%, and Thailand 0.9%. 83.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were Italian 0.9%, Thai 0.8% and German 0.5%.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32343|name=Point Lookout (SAL)|quick=on|access-date=6 August 2022}}
Heritage listings
Point Lookout has one heritage site, Point Lookout Foreshore along East Coast Road ({{coord|-27.4306|153.5376|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Point Lookout foreshore}}).{{Cite web|date=March 2006|title=Schedule 4 - Heritage Places Register|url=http://web01.redland.qld.gov.au/Robo/RPS_printable_v1/Print_Friendly/7-9/09.04.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415112408/http://web01.redland.qld.gov.au/Robo/RPS_printable_v1/Print_Friendly/7-9/09.04.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=5 September 2020|publisher=Redland City Council|page=3}}{{cite QHR|17063|Point Lookout Foreshore|602261|access-date=12 July 2013}}
Education
There are no schools in Point Lookout. The nearest government primary school is Dunwich State School in Dunwich to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Cleveland District State High School in Cleveland on the mainland.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=12 August 2022}}
Amenities
The Redland City Council operates a public library at the Point Lookout Community Hall ({{Coord|-27.4260|153.5210|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Point Lookout Community Hall and Library}}) at 74-84 Dickson Way (also known as East Coast Road).{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/redland/point_lookout_library|title=Point Lookout Library|date=16 October 2014|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|access-date=24 January 2018|archive-date=25 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015407/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/redland/point_lookout_library|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Point Lookout Library|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/info/20168/library_opening_hours_and_locations/312/point_lookout_library|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Redland City Council|language=en|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023050405/https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/info/20168/library_opening_hours_and_locations/312/point_lookout_library|url-status=live}}
Attractions
File:Frenchman's beach - panoramio.jpg
There is a monument commemorating the naming of Point Lookout by James Cook in 1770. It is opposite 19 Mooloomba Road, near the Gorge Walk ({{Coord|-27.4330|153.5440|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Bicentenary of the Naming of Point Lookout}}).
There is a monument commemorating the assistance the Aboriginal people gave to Matthew Flinders in 1803. It is at Hopewell Street on the Cylinder Beach Headland ({{Coord|-27.4244|153.5350|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Act of Kindness monument}}).{{Cite web|title=Act of Kindness|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/search/display/92270-act-of-kindness|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Monument Australia|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215091934/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/search/display/92270-act-of-kindness|url-status=live}}
There is a monument commemorating the Stradbroke Island Radar Site, which was part of Australia's air defence network during World War II. It is on the Gorge Walk off Headland Park Access Road ({{Coord|-27.4353|153.5441|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Stradbroke Island Radar Site (former)}}).{{Cite web|title=Stradbroke Island Radar Site|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/114873-stradbroke-island-radar-site|access-date=2022-02-15|website=Monument Australia|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215091921/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/114873-stradbroke-island-radar-site|url-status=live}}
There is a monument commemorating the sinking of the AHS Centaur in Hopewell Street on Cylinder Beach Headland ({{Coord|-27.4247|153.5353|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=A.H.S. Centaur Memorial}}).
See also
{{Portal|Queensland}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Citation|author1=Diamond|first=Marion|title=Stradbroke: a brief history|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/179425629|publication-date=2012-07-01|publisher=University of Queensland}} — full text available online
External links
{{Commons category|Point Lookout, Queensland}}
- {{Cite web|title=Point Lookout|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/info/20125/our%20suburbs%20and%20islands/170/point%20lookout|website=Redland City Council}}
- {{cite web|date=1982|title=Town map of Point Lookout|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-point-lookout-1982.jpg|publisher=Queensland Government}}
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Category:Coastal towns in Queensland
Category:Suburbs of Redland City
Category:Headlands of Queensland