Bribie Island’s Northern Access Track re-opens after extensive repairs

The Northern Access Track within Bribie Island National Park and Recreation Area - one of South East Queensland’s most popular beach camping areas and popular with 4WD enthusiasts - has re-opened.

The Northern Access Track and a number of other inland tracks within the Bribie Island National Park and Recreation Area were heavily impacted by severe weather in 2022 and required significant repair works.

Impacted sections of the 20 kilometres of track between Poverty Creek turn-off and the Fort Bribie Day-Use Area have been raised and rock inverts installed to reduce the chance of closures after future rain events.

The $750,000 project was funded through the ‘Community and Recreational Asset Recovery and Resilience Program’ established under the Australian and Queensland governments’ Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements following the 2021/22 disaster season.

Queensland Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Leanne Linard adds “the 2022 severe weather events caused significant damage to many of our national parks, including Bribie Island.

“While we were able to quickly re-open the most popular visitor areas of the Bribie Island National Park and Recreation Area fairly quickly, repairing the damage to the Northern Access Track proved to be particularly challenging.

“The 2022 rainfall resulted in the water table on Bribie Island becoming elevated, which meant it took a long time for the low-lying areas around the Northern Access Track to dry out to allow machinery access.

“The remoteness of the tracks was also a challenge.

“Re-opening the access track and other damaged inland tracks has been a priority for the Department of Environment and Science and I am pleased that works have now been completed and this important access point to Bribie Island Recreation Area has been restored.

More information about the national park and recreation area can be found at Bribie Island National Park and Recreation Area.