Resort News Blog

Tangalooma Island Resort Blogs & Articles

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It's GOLD for Tangalooma!

25 Nov 2022

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort has successfully achieved EarthCheck’s Gold Certification status for the first time, marking an important milestone in the resort’s sustainable development.

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!

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.

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.

Tangalooma welcomes 2032 Brisbane Olympics

26 Jul 2021

By Tangalooma Island Resort

With Brisbane named as the official host city of the 2032 Olympic Games, Tangalooma is gearing up for a valuable tourism boost in the lead up to the games.

Nitro World Games lands at Tangalooma

18 May 2021

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Showcasing typically stunning Brisbane weather, clear blue skies and striking turquoise waters below, there couldn’t have been a better setting for the jump.

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.

Baby Dolphin Announcement

18 Jul 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

This week local favourite Tinkerbell delighted Tangalooma Eco Rangers and guests by introducing her new baby calf to the crowd!

Spot whales by day and hand feed wild dolphins by night

04 Jun 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Launching on June 1, Tangalooma's 2019 whale watching season is expected to be its biggest and best yet, with a 10% increase in calves to enter the waters of Moreton Bay before the end of October.

Tangalooma excited by unexpected new 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.

Tangalooma Island Resort celebrates 30 years of whale watching

01 Jun 2017

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort celebrates 30 years of whale watching with a splash! There is also an estimated 28,000 whales expected to pass by Moreton Island this winter!

Tangalooma features in latest QANTAS safety video

28 Jan 2017

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort has been featured alongside Australia’s most stunning landscapes and locations in a new in-flight safety video unveiled by Qantas Airlines this week.

Tangalooma Dolphin Rescue

19 Jan 2016

By Tangalooma Island Resort

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

Love all for Tangalooma Dolphins (Roger Federer visit)

06 Jan 2015

By Tangalooma Island Resort

It was a case of love all for world number two tennis player Roger Federer and Tangalooma’s wild dolphins when they met prior to the start of this year’s Brisbane International.

Tangalooma dolphin’s new joy after sadness

21 Nov 2014

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The 10-year old new mum last Friday night appeared in rough water with her new offspring in tow.

Early whale sighting spells bumper migration season for watchers

18 May 2011

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The first humpback whales of the season were spotted off the coast at Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island this morning, marking an early start to the whale migration season

Tangalooma shines under summer sun

25 Jan 2011

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort continues to operate unaffected by the recent floods in Brisbane.

Tangalooma unaffected by floods

13 Jan 2011

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort is open for business, unscathed by the effects of floods that this week inundated parts of Brisbane City.

Tiny dolphin calf new addition to Tangalooma family

13 Dec 2010

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma’s internationally renowned wild dolphin family welcomed a new calf last night with proud mum Tangles introducing her first offspring to a crowd of delighted onlookers.