South Stradbroke Island

South Stradbroke Island is a 21-kilometre-long barrier island separating the Gold Coast Broadwater from the Pacific Ocean in Queensland, Australia. Located north of The Spit and south of North Stradbroke Island within the City of Gold Coast, it is largely protected as South Stradbroke Island Conservation Park. The island is known for its undeveloped surf beaches, sheltered western shoreline, dunes, and native bushland, offering a natural contrast to the urban Gold Coast.

Visitors can expect a largely undeveloped natural island with long ocean surf beach on the east and calm Broadwater shoreline on the west. The interior features dunes, heath, mangroves and eucalypt woodland within South Stradbroke Island Conservation Park. Access is by private boat, water taxi or ferry only. Visitors can explore walking tracks, camping areas at Tipplers and Currigee, swimming and fishing spots, and view native wildlife and birdlife. There are no shops or urban developments, with limited facilities concentrated at camping grounds.