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An emergency crew helps rescue a man from deep mud in Moreton Bay.

Quick-thinking Qld paramedics rescue man from mud with just seconds to spare

With a MacGyver sense of problem-solving, the pair managed to extricate the boater as the tide threatened to engulf him.

  • Savannah Meacham

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Snorkeller’s paradise:  the submerged wrecks off Tangalooma Beach.

You don’t need to be a diver to explore Australia’s incredible ship graveyard

One of Queensland’s best snorkelling sites is nowhere near the Great Barrier Reef – it’s just a short ferry ride from Brisbane.

  • Andrew Bain
Tangalooma Beach is home to 15 shipwrecks, deliberately sunk to provide calmer mooring for boats, now a popular snorkelling and diving attraction.

Moreton Bay beach breaks into world top 100 on Lonely Planet

Turquoise waters, world-class snorkelling and abundant marine life can be found 25km from Brisbane’s shoreline.

  • Courtney Kruk
The island worked its magic on our kids in ways we didn’t recognise until their teens.

Tracks of our years: the soundtrack to a family ritual

A dreamy 1980s song will forever be linked to an adored island – even as time transforms the long-loved holiday idyll.

  • Frank Robson
Tangalooma Island Resort, Moreton Island

Tangalooma Island Resort hotel review, Moreton Island, Queensland: Like a Thai beach resort holiday, but in Australia

Stick this in Thailand or Bali, and Australians would be fighting over themselves to get here.

  • David Whitley
Tangalooma Wrecks, Moreton Island, Brisbane,

Moreton Bay, Queensland Earthwatch holiday: The ultimate guilt-free holiday

There's a science to taking a great holiday. And there's no other place like this one.

  • Louise Southerden
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Liam Oliver

The new action on deck

Kids can have fun at sea, too, especially when adrift from their parents, writes Liam Oliver.

SHD TRAVEL September 15 CRUISE REPORT. pg 4 - Katrina Lobley. 101177 Aerial of Tangalooma Wrecks Moreton Island Region: Brisbane Photographer: Paul Ewart May 2004 Photo supplied by Tourism Queensland. Mandatory credit: Tourism and Events Queensland

It's all food for thought

Relax your body but exercise your mind on your next cruise holiday, suggests Katrina Lobley.

Shifting sands ... Moreton Island's coastline.

A line in the sand

There are wild times in the dunes at Moreton Island but Melanie Ball refuses to step over the mark.

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Blissful breaks: it's in the stars

Australian families can't get enough of Queensland, writes Kristie Lau.

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