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Read first hand accounts of what is seen on-board our Whale Watching Cruises from Brisbane. Updates are posted daily by our on-board Eco Rangers and Commentary team.
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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09 Oct 2024
AFL Star Charlie Cameron Celebrates Premiership Victory and Upcoming Wedding at Tangalooma Island Resort.
01 Oct 2024
Born in June 2024 to Silhouette, one of the resort's resident dolphins, Eclipse has quickly become a favourite among guests and staff.
23 Aug 2024
The Reef Cat expands Tangalooma's high-speed catamaran fleet to four, providing four direct Brisbane-to-resort services for guests daily.
03 Jul 2024
On the 7th of June, Harry Bink, along with a team of skydiving professionals and camera crew visited Tangalooma for an epic shoot
26 Jun 2024
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.
20 Jun 2024
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.
29 Apr 2024
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.
Tangalooma Island Resort was abuzz with excitement as we woke up with The Today Show on Friday, March 15th.
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.
17 Jan 2024
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.
30 Aug 2023
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.
25 Aug 2023
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.
15 Jun 2023
Tangalooma had the pleasure of hosting some talented content creators from our favourite next-door neighbour, New Zealand.
27 Jan 2023
Earlier this month, Sea World joined Tangalooma’s Eco Rangers to help rescue Comet, one of our local bottlenose dolphins.
15 Sep 2022
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!
08 Sep 2022
The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) are pleased to welcome Tangalooma Island Resort as an official partner of Queensland Rugby.
25 Jul 2022
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!
07 Apr 2022
We are excited to announce Tangalooma has been named in the Holidays with Kids 2021 Reader’s Choice Best Family Resorts Awards.
06 Apr 2022
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.
14 Feb 2022
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement that Australia will re-open our international borders, Tangalooma Island Resort is Good to Go!
07 Feb 2022
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.
16 Aug 2021
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!
20 May 2021
When @nitrocircus said they were dropping into #tangalooma for a visit, we didn’t think they meant this!
09 Mar 2021
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.
02 Sep 2020
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!
10 Aug 2020
Tripadvisor’s 2020 Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards ranks Tangalooma Island Resort as one of the top 3 Family Hotels in Australia.
20 Jan 2020
Tangalooma Island Resort was selected to host 20 Instagram influencers for the City Beach Australia Day campaign
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.
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.
02 Dec 2019
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.
04 Nov 2019
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.
10 Oct 2019
Jump into spring and read more about why getting out and about is beneficial for you and the family.
14 Jan 2019
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.
08 Nov 2018
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.
07 Nov 2018
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.
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.
23 May 2018
When it comes to whale spotting there’s no one in Brisbane more qualified that the expert skippers on a Tangalooma Whale Watch Cruise!
21 Nov 2017
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!
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!
20 Sep 2017
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!
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
03 Sep 2017
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.
24 Aug 2017
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.
23 Aug 2017
Tangalooma’s whale watching cruise was taken over by some of Australia’s unknown superheros with patients and families from The Kids' Cancer Project.
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.
02 Aug 2017
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!
22 Jul 2017
The activity levels of the Humpback whales picked up today! Guests sighted whales heading both north and south.
20 Jul 2017
What a surprising day, guests staying at the resort were treated to some free whale watching thanks to some close humpbacks!
18 Jul 2017
Did you see our beloved Eco Marines on the TODAY Show this week? If not then now's your chance!
28 Apr 2017
Tangalooma Island Resort has recently achieved Certified Silver status through EarthCheck!
27 Apr 2017
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!
24 Nov 2016
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...
23 Oct 2016
Tangalooma Island Resort is officially in Brisbane's new Monopoly board, taking up residency on Regent Street...
18 Jan 2016
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...
04 Nov 2015
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...
03 Nov 2015
Visitors to Tangalooma received a big surprise when Tinkerbell, seasoned mother of four dolphins, arrived into shore with a new calf...
15 Oct 2015
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!
05 Aug 2015
White whales are extremely rare, there are thought to be only four known all white humpback whales in the world...
14 Jul 2015
Feel-good story alert! Just recently the latest addition to the Tangalooma dolphin family ‘Cruze' was officially inducted into the nightly feeding...