Brampton Island is one of the original resort islands, with a lodge catering for tourists established in 1933. At that time the island was a station running sheep, cattle and goats. It is now a national park and home to the international standard Brampton Island Resort, located on its north-western tip. A runway provides air service to the island and resort. The island is one of the more southern in the Cumberland Group and is located closer to Mackay (37 km to the south-west) than Shute Harbour. The resort beach is called Sandy Point and consists of two parts - a 100 m long, north facing beach (B1) and a 600 m long, north-west facing beach (B2). Both beaches consist of strips of high tide sand fronted by 100 to 200 m wide sand flats. The western beach is the main swimming beach as it is more sheltered from the Trades and has a tidal pool on the sand flats, as well as a small jetty for boats. The north beach faces toward adjoining Carlisle Island. Between the two islands is an inlet that narrows to 350 m off the point and through which strong tidal currents flow. At the eastern end of the beach is a seawall for the end of the runway. The resort lies immediately behind the beach. read more

Beach Length: 0.6km