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Top 10 Family Adventures on Moreton Island: Sun, Sand, and Smiles!

25 Oct 2024

By Bernie O'Keefe

Pack your bags, slather on the sunscreen, and get ready for an epic Moreton Island family getaway.

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!

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.

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.

Protecting our sugar gliders with eco-initiatives

29 Apr 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Tangalooma Island Resort’s most recent eco initiative is the installation of sugar glider boxes, designed to house our local sugar gliders on Moreton Island.

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.

44 Wildlife Rescues in 2023

16 Jan 2024

By Tangalooma Island Resort

In 2023, The Tangalooma Eco Centre completed a total of 44 rescues. There have been fantastic and rewarding releases

Moreton Bay: The Perfect Destination for Whale Watching in Queensland

06 Jul 2023

By Tangalooma Island Resort

If you're searching for an exceptional whale watching experience in Queensland, Australia, look no further than Moreton Bay.

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.

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!

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.

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!

The Baby Whales are Here!

25 Aug 2020

By Eco Ranger Josh

The Tangalooma Whale Watching season is now in full swing and the baby whales have arrived!

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.

October Turtle Rescue

29 Oct 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The Eco Rangers have found a turtle with his front left flipper missing, and will send him off to Marine Parks for veterinary care.

Pelican Fishing Line Rescue

24 Oct 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

This week we noticed one of our Pelicans “Mr Percival” had two fishing hooks embedded in his beak, with fishing line wrapping around him, keeping his beak closed.

Sugar Glider Rehabilitation

24 Oct 2019

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Over the last few weeks, three sugar gliders have been found around the resort that needed some help.

Meet George the Welcome Swallow

15 Apr 2019

By Eco Ranger Jess

At Tangalooma we are extremely fortunate to live in an environment that is home to many different species of birds, including George.

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.

Yellowtail Kingfish make Tangalooma home

05 Jun 2018

By Eco Ranger James

Over the last few months we have some Yellowtail Kingfish that have decided to call Tangalooma home.

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!

Tangalooma Eco Rangers save the day

27 Feb 2018

By Eco Ranger James

Keeping a watchful eye on the abundance of wildlife that call Moreton Bay home is a round the clock job for the Eco Rangers that live and work at Tangalooma Island Resort.

Baby pelicans released at Tangalooma

26 Feb 2018

By Eco Ranger Sue

We love animals great and small at Tangalooma and the friendly pelican is no exception. We catch up with Eco Ranger Sue as she updates us on the recent release of 2 baby pelicans.

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!

The whales seem to be checking us out on today's cruise

27 Aug 2017

By Eco Ranger Tessa

One of the best whale watches of the season occurred today! The pristine weather conditions complimented the very curious whales in Moreton Bay Marine Park.

Possum Stuck in a Brick

07 Mar 2015

By Eco Ranger Ina

Reception called us today, saying that a guest had reported a sugar glider possum stuck in a brick near the back sports oval.

Peanut the Baby Possum

06 Mar 2015

By Eco Ranger Ina

TMECC got a call about a baby possum that another staff member had found on one of the walkways around the resort.

Injured Pied Cormorant

15 Jan 2015

By Eco Ranger Ina

Last week we have had to catch a pied cormorant that was caught up in fishing lines and hooks.

Hawksbill Turtle Rescue

08 Nov 2014

By Eco Ranger Ina

This morning we’ve had a Hawksbill Sea Turtle brought in. She was found by a group of divers at Curtain Artificial Reef, a little North of Tangalooma.

Cruising in Moreton Bay Marine Park

16 Oct 2014

By Eco Ranger Ina

Moreton Bay boasts an incredible diversity of marine life, due to its location in an area of overlap between tropical and temperate zones.

Bluespotted Maskray Stingray

06 Feb 2014

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The bluespotted maskray is a medium sized stingray species, growing up to 40cm in disc width, and 70cm in total length.

Tessellate Moray Eel

30 Jan 2014

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The tessellate moray is a large species of moray eel found within the Indo-West Pacific. They grow up to 1.8m in length, but may potentially get as large as 3m.

Bigeye Trevally

21 Jan 2014

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The big eye trevally is a common predatory fish distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, and found around inshore and offshore reefs and seamounts down to depths of 100m.

Feather Fin Bullfish

12 Sep 2013

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The feather fin bullfish is a common reef fish distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific. They are found singly or in pairs in many reef environments.

Blue Swimmer Crab

04 Sep 2013

By Tangalooma Island Resort

Blue swimmer crabs (also known as sand crabs) are specialised for swimming in the water, with their back pair of legs being paddle shaped.

Yellow Boxfish

05 Aug 2013

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The yellow boxfish can be found in tropical and temperate regions throughout the Indo-Pacific oceans, usually associated with lagoons, and coral/rocky reefs from depths of 1m to 40m deep.

Starry Pufferfish

16 Jul 2013

By Tangalooma Island Resort

The Starry pufferfish belongs to the family Tetraodontidae, which includes all species of toadfish and pufferfish.