Day 8 : Moreton Island

We are at Tangaloma Resort for two nights so today was another day of activities. After breakfast we went on a bushwalk with a resort staff member. Along the way she gave us much of the history of the island. An aboriginal tribe called Noogey were the first inhabitants of this island. This is a replica of the type of home they lived in - 

They were here for thousands of years before the whalers discovered the island and where Tangalooma is today was a whaling station. They had a limit of 600 whales per year and had an easy time finding the whales to hunt mainly for their oils. In the 1950-60s numbers of whales coming by Moreton Island declined and the whalers could not even get close to their limit. They soon learned that other countries were whaling closer to Antarctica so the whales wouldn't make it up to Australia. In 1965, humpback whales were added to the endangered species list and no longer allowed to be hunted. 

Our bushwalk took us up to lookout sites like this one 

And also down to the beach to look for starfish

The afternoon was reserved for snorkeling, but I decided to take the afternoon off since we will be snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef.