Explore Minjerribah

Minjerribah has been home to the Quandamooka People for more than 20,000 years. They have a long relationship with the island and its living world which informs our current knowledge and understanding. More recently, scientists have also contributed to our understanding of the island.

North Stradbroke Island-Minjerribah lying just off Brisbane is famous for its magnificent surfing beaches and spectacular Humpback Whales swimming close to shore, but there is so much more to this ancient sand island’s natural world. This beautiful place is home to plants, wildlife and places not found anywhere else on earth.

Useful Reading

Understanding Minjerribah's history and nature

Moreton Bay Quandamooka & Catchment: Past, present, and future

This book was generously gifted to The Moreton Bay Foundation by the independent group of scientists, consultants and industry experts who organised and presented the Moreton Bay Quandamooka & Catchment Forum. It is an expansion of the research presented at the Forum and includes the latest updates available at the time of publication (2019). It can be downloaded freely as an e-book.

This book is dedicated to the future stewards of Moreton Bay Quandamooka and the lands and waterways of its catchment.

Minjerribah the Sand Island: We’re putting things back together

An article in Surfline by Matty Burns, a Quandamooka man and cultural educator.

FOSI’s Nature Guide to North Stradbroke Island-Minjerribah

If you’d like to learn more about the local ecology and features, you can purchase FOSI’s Nature Guide to North Stradbroke Island-Minjerribah from our shop.

This guidebook is an informative companion for island visitors and nature lovers which illustrates the beauty and complexity of the island’s unique wildlife and ecology.

Wetland Wonders

Home to internationally protected wetlands

Wetlands are rich ecosystems that are incredibly ecologically significant to life on earth.

Wetlands provide habitat for birds, turtles, crabs and other wildlife, and their dunes support unique vegetation communities, which in turn help maintain the integrity of the beaches and dunes.

Wetlands are natural solutions to tomorrow's problems

Wetlands have the potential to be a nature-based solution to clean water, food supply, disaster risk reduction, carbon storage and secure livelihoods.

Around 87% of global wetlands have been lost since the 1700s.

This short video introduces the world’s first international treaty dedicated to protecting a single ecosystem.