2016 Whale Watching Season

2024 Whale Watching Season Recap

21 Oct 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The 2024 Tangalooma Whale Watching Season was record-breaking, and the best season yet!

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AFL Star Charlie Cameron at Tangalooma

09 Oct 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

AFL Star Charlie Cameron Celebrates Premiership Victory and Upcoming Wedding at Tangalooma Island Resort.

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Tangalooma's Newest Dolphin Calf Officially Named Eclipse

01 Oct 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Born in June 2024 to Silhouette, one of the resort's resident dolphins, Eclipse has quickly become a favourite among guests and staff.

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Reef Cat: Ready to Roar

23 Aug 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The Reef Cat expands Tangalooma's high-speed catamaran fleet to four, providing four direct Brisbane-to-resort services for guests daily.

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Thrill seekers taking a leap

03 Jul 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

On the 7th of June, Harry Bink, along with a team of skydiving professionals and camera crew visited Tangalooma for an epic shoot

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NRL Makes a Splash at Tangalooma

26 Jun 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

NRL legend Sam Thaiday, as well as NRLW stars Romy Teitzel, Millie Elliot and Keeley Davis, along with Danika Mason, Channel 9 Sports Presenter, visited Tangalooma Island Resort for some fun.

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New Addition to Tangalooma's Dolphin Family

20 Jun 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort is delighted to announce the exciting arrival of a new baby dolphin to its pod of wild dolphins that visit the Resort each night at sunset.

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World Champion Boxers at Tangalooma

29 Apr 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

In a delightful fusion of paradise and sports, Tangalooma Island Resort was fortunate to have three champion boxers visit with their families, on the 9th March 2024.

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We woke up with Today!

29 Apr 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort was abuzz with excitement as we woke up with The Today Show on Friday, March 15th.

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Godzilla & Kong make their mark at Tangalooma

29 Apr 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma has yet again hosted a Hollywood set with the newly released Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, choosing Tangalooma Island Resort to shoot several of their scenes.

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Lonely Planet's Top 100 Beaches in the World

17 Jan 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Lonely Planet has crowned Tangalooma Beach the World’s Best Beach to See Nature, ranking the pristine destination among the top 100 beaches in the world.

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FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ Trophy Tour

30 Aug 2023

By Tangalooma Island Resort

To kick off the Brisbane leg of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, Tangalooma had the honour of hosting the famous WWC Trophy Tour, adding to our legacy of supporting world-class athletes.

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Global Link Queensland 2023

25 Aug 2023

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort is proud to announce that it is once again hosting Global Link Queensland, an internationally acclaimed educational event for primary and secondary school students.

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Jetstar’s Epic Tangalooma Adventure!

15 Jun 2023

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma had the pleasure of hosting some talented content creators from our favourite next-door neighbour, New Zealand.

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Operation Comet

27 Jan 2023

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Earlier this month, Sea World joined Tangalooma’s Eco Rangers to help rescue Comet, one of our local bottlenose dolphins.

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Ticket to Tangalooma

15 Sep 2022

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Have you heard about the newly released feature film Ticket to Paradise starring George Clooney & Julia Roberts? It’s a must-see movie, and part of the movie was filmed right here at Tangalooma!

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Queensland Rugby partners with Tangalooma Island Resort

08 Sep 2022

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) are pleased to welcome Tangalooma Island Resort as an official partner of Queensland Rugby.

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Brisbane's Best Whale Watching

25 Jul 2022

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Whale Watching is back underway in Brisbane, and it’s been an absolute bumper of a season so far, with almost 200 humpback whales sighted in just the first month of our 2022 season!

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Tangalooma named one of Australia’s best family resorts

07 Apr 2022

By Tangalooma Island Resort

We are excited to announce Tangalooma has been named in the Holidays with Kids 2021 Reader’s Choice Best Family Resorts Awards.

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A cloud 9 sponsorship

06 Apr 2022

By Tangalooma Island Resort

In March, Tangalooma hosted & sponsored White Cloud Foundation’s annual Boardies & Bubbles Lunch, which saw over 110 attendees travel across the Bay to enjoy a day out in the sun.

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Tangalooma is Good to Go

14 Feb 2022

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement that Australia will re-open our international borders, Tangalooma Island Resort is Good to Go!

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Meet Charlie

07 Feb 2022

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Meet the Eco Centre's latest rescue, Charlie the pheasant coucal. After Eco Rangers found her in the middle of a track, they discovered her nest had been disturbed and took her under their care. 

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Vote for 2021 Ekka Public Holiday

16 Aug 2021

By Tangalooma Island Resort

With the date yet to be set, have your say when it should be! Vote in our poll here - we'll then put forward the most popular choice to the industry body to try and get it across the line!

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Nitro Circus visits Tangalooma

20 May 2021

By Tangalooma Island Resort

When @nitrocircus said they were dropping into #tangalooma for a visit, we didn’t think they meant this!

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White-bellied Sea-Eagle's release

09 Mar 2021

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Moreton was hit by a car on Moreton Island and also had a fishing hook in her stomach. She is very lucky to have been found and given expert care and rehabilitation by the amazing team involved.

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Tinkerbell's Gift

02 Sep 2020

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Imagine everyone’s excitement when just recently, one of the dolphins gave chase to a large eel before catching it right in front of their eyes!

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Tripadvisor crowns Tangalooma

10 Aug 2020

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tripadvisor’s 2020 Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards ranks Tangalooma Island Resort as one of the top 3 Family Hotels in Australia.

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City Beach visits Tangalooma

20 Jan 2020

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort was selected to host 20 Instagram influencers for the City Beach Australia Day campaign

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Tangalooma's New Year's Resolution Experiences

20 Jan 2020

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Make 2020 a year to remember, get yourself to Tangalooma as part of your new years’ resolutions. Be sure to add these unforgettable experiences to your 2020 to do list.

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Sea Shepherd & Tangalooma Join Forces

20 Jan 2020

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Sea Shepherd recently landed on the beach at Tangalooma and a large group of over 50 people assisted in a large-scale beach clean-up.

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Moreton Island Bushfire Animals

02 Dec 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The Wildlife living in the National Parks on Moreton Island has been under a great deal of stress lately and with no rain, the island is looking very dry.

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GoPro visits Tangalooma

04 Nov 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort was selected to host 12 influencers and celebrities, including Lincoln Lewis and Pro Surfer Imogen Caldwell, to put the new camera to the test.

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Spring Outdoor Getaway

10 Oct 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Jump into spring and read more about why getting out and about is beneficial for you and the family.

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Unexpected baby dolphin arrival

14 Jan 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

One of Tangalooma Island Resort’s favourite wild dolphins, Silhouette, gave crowds a wonderful surprise during the wild dolphin feeding session last night, as she debuted her day-old newborn calf.

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Cane Toad Detection Dog Reggie

08 Nov 2018

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Meet Reggie, a working English Springer Spaniel trained to detect cane toads, and is tasked with the important role of keeping Moreton Island cane toad free.

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Adrenalin, excitement & views!

07 Nov 2018

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Cruise around Moreton Bay at speeds of up to 80 km per hour and adrenaline-fuelled manoeuvres such as drifting, tail slides, figure eights, wave jumps, 360 degree spins.

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Sea World Rescue Training Day

06 Jun 2018

By Eco Ranger Sue

Last week the SeaWorld Rescue and Rehabilitation team organised  a refresher training day at Tangalooma for the National Park Rangers and the Tangalooma Eco Rangers.

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Whale Watch Season 2018

23 May 2018

By Tangalooma Island Resort

When it comes to whale spotting there’s no one in Brisbane more qualified that the expert skippers on a Tangalooma Whale Watch Cruise!

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Canon Collective Takes Over Moreton Island

21 Nov 2017

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Time to flashback to last month when over 80 eager photography buffs graced the shores of Moreton Island to partake in the largest ‘Canon Collective’ photography festival in history!

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Whales sighted from the beachfront

13 Oct 2017

By Eco Ranger James

The expectations were very high this morning in the build up to the whale watch, with a whale already being sighted about 200 meters off the beach!

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Some incredible footage captured today

20 Sep 2017

By Eco Ranger James

Wow, was the word of the day! We couldn't even finish the safety briefing before we ran into our first pod of whales waiting on the sandbar in about 8 meters!

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Welfie Worthy Whale Watch

08 Sep 2017

By Eco Ranger Tessa

As we sat on the staircase, we literally got to look into this giant mammals eyes as it rested on the surface and stared at us. The whale stayed with us for 45 minutes

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Humpback Whale Calf Smiling for us

03 Sep 2017

By Eco Ranger Tessa

It was quite fascinating with the calf, as every time it head lunged, it opened its mouth mid-air! The calf may have been practicing its hunting techniques for later on in life.

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Dolphin Communication Research

24 Aug 2017

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Marine Education and Conservation Centre staff have documented the behaviours and interactions of wild bottlenose dolphins that visit the shores of the resort each evening.

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Kids Cancer Project take over Whale Watching

23 Aug 2017

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma’s whale watching cruise was taken over by some of Australia’s unknown superheros with patients and families from The Kids' Cancer Project.

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Kids Cancer Project joined the Whale Watch

08 Aug 2017

By Eco Ranger Paul

Today was a very special day indeed. We welcomed aboard a group of little legends from The Kids Cancer Project, as well as a whole host of other excited guests.

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Brown Whale Sighting

02 Aug 2017

By Eco Ranger Tessa

Most people have heard of the rare albino white whale, Migaloo. However this whale surprised us as it’s the first one we’ve seen with brown/orange colours covering most of its back!

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False Killer Whales stole the show

22 Jul 2017

By Eco Ranger Tessa

The activity levels of the Humpback whales picked up today! Guests sighted whales heading both north and south.

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Whales sighted just off Tangalooma

20 Jul 2017

By Eco Ranger Tessa

What a surprising day, guests staying at the resort were treated to some free whale watching thanks to some close humpbacks!

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Students Inspire the Community

18 Jul 2017

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Did you see our beloved Eco Marines on the TODAY Show this week? If not then now's your chance!

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Tangalooma gets the tick from EarthCheck

28 Apr 2017

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort has recently achieved Certified Silver status through EarthCheck!

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Cruze Doubles the dose of gifts

27 Apr 2017

By Tangalooma Island Resort

When you think of the typical 'gift', a foul smelling Sea Mullet probably isn't at the top of your wish list! But for Eco Ranger Paul, this is exactly what he received on the 6th of April!

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Special Arrival

24 Nov 2016

By Tangalooma Island Resort

One of Tangalooma's most famous wild dolphins gave crowds a wonderful surprise during a wild dolphin feeding session recently, with the arrival of her long-awaited calf...

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Tangalooma Features in Brisbane Monopoly!

23 Oct 2016

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort is officially in Brisbane's new Monopoly board, taking up residency on Regent Street...

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Silhouette Fishing Hook and Line Rescue

18 Jan 2016

By Eco Ranger Sue

Crowds at the evening dolphin feeding program at Tangalooma Island Resort offered rounds of applause last night as the experienced team at the TMECC performed another successful dolphin rescue...

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Humpback Whales filmed using the latest drone technology

04 Nov 2015

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Ground-breaking video footage of a mother humpback whale and her calf frolicking in waters off Cape Moreton will be used to educate visitors to Tangalooma on whale conservation...

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Tinkerbell's New Born Calf Arrives

03 Nov 2015

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Visitors to Tangalooma received a big surprise when Tinkerbell, seasoned mother of four dolphins, arrived into shore with a new calf...

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Dolphin Tinkerbell is pregnant!

15 Oct 2015

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Staff at Tangalooma have been very excited over the past few weeks after discovering that Tinkerbell, our alpha female dolphin is pregnant with baby number FIVE!

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White Whale Sighted

05 Aug 2015

By Tangalooma Island Resort

White whales are extremely rare, there are thought to be only four known all white humpback whales in the world...

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Cruze the Baby Dolphin

14 Jul 2015

By Eco Ranger Sue

Feel-good story alert! Just recently the latest addition to the Tangalooma dolphin family ‘Cruze' was officially inducted into the nightly feeding...

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