Cabbage Tree Island

#1932 among destinations in Australia

Island, National park

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Cabbage Tree Island, also known as the John Gould Nature Reserve, is a protected nature reserve and uninhabited continental island lying 1.4 km off the mouth of Port Stephens on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The 30 ha reserve and island is named for the Cabbage-tree Palms in the two gullies on the island's western side which are the nesting site of Goulds petrel. It is the principal breeding site of the nominate subspecies of the threatened Gould's petrel and, with the nearby Boondelbah Island where there is also a small colony, has been classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 289 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 32°41'17"S, 152°13'30"E

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New South WalesAustralia

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Nearby attractions include: Moonshadow Cruises, Nelson Head Light, Point Stephens Light, Hawks Nest Golf Club.

5.3 miSW
32°43'24"S • 152°8'35"E
Moonshadow Cruises, Nelson Bay
137 min walk • Boat tours, Dolphin and whale watching, Tours
4 miSW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Nelson Head Light, Nelson Bay
103 min walk • Nelson Head Light, also known as Nelson Head Inner Light, is an inactive, unusual lighthouse on Nelson Head, a headland northeast of the town of Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia, near Halifax Park, on the southern shore of Port Stephens.
4.3 miS
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Point Stephens Light, Fingal Bay
110 min walk • The Point Stephens Light is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Point Stephens, a point on an unnamed headland at the east of Fingal Bay, 4.25 km south of the entrance of Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. The light serves to assist vessels entering Port Stephens.
3 miNW
Golf
Hawks Nest Golf Club, Hawks Nest
76 min walk • Hawks Nest Golf Club is a championship rated 18-hole golf course with an Australian Course Rating of 72 in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.
3.6 miW
Bridge
Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge, Hawks Nest
91 min walk • The Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Bridge is a road bridge that carries Myall Street across the Myall River, connecting the two townships of Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest in the Mid-Coast Council local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
2.8 miNW
32°40'6"S • 152°10'59"E
Hawks Nest Pro Shop, Hawks Nest
72 min walk • Golf
7.3 miNE
Island, Protected area
Broughton Island, Myall Lakes National Park
186 min walk • Broughton Island is an island 14 km north-east of Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Myall Lakes National Park.
3.7 miSW
Locality
Shoal Bay
94 min walk • Shoal Bay is the most eastern suburb of the Port Stephens local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the southern shore of Port Stephens, adjacent to the bay of the same name at the entrance to the port.
1.9 miS
Island, National park
Boondelbah Island
48 min walk • Boondelbah Island, also known as the Boondelbah Nature Reserve, is a protected nature reserve and uninhabited island lying 2 kilometres off the mouth of Port Stephens on the coast of New South Wales, Australia.