Sandstone Point, Queensland

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Side box Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sandstone Point is a coastal locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the Template:CensusAU, Sandstone Point had a population of 4,094 people.[1]

Geography

Sandstone Point is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north of Brisbane, located on Caboolture–Bribie Island Road,[3] across the Bribie Island Bridge (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) from Bribie Island and has views of Moreton Bay and surroundings. The locality is one of the fastest growing residential communities in the Moreton Bay Region. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Sandstone Point has the following coastal features:

  • Turners Camp Island, now connected to the mainland (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[4][5]
  • Toorbul Point (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[6][7]
  • Sandstone Point (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[6][8]
  • Godwin Beach, a beach which extends from neighbouring locality of Godwin Beach to the south-west (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[9]

Off-shore are a number of marine waterbodies:

  • Pumicestone Channel, to the west, separating Bribie Island from the mainland (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) [9][5]
  • Deception Bay to the south (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[10]
  • Moreton Bay, also known as Quandamook, to the south-east (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[10]

History

The locality is built on the traditional lands of the Ningy Ningy people, whose presence was attested down to recent times by the ceremonial bora ring south of Bestman Road. Upwards of 2,000 Aboriginal people once gathered there for ritual purposes.[11]

Once known as Toorbul Point, the area was the site of an allied amphibious training base during World War II.[12][13]

Demographics

In the Template:CensusAU, Sandstone Point has a population of 3,895 people, 52.8% female and 47.2% male. The median age of the Sandstone Point population was 51 years, 14 years above the national median of 37.[14] 76.8% of people living in Sandstone Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 4.2%, Scotland 1%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6%.[14] 94.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.4% Dutch, 0.3% Afrikaans, 0.3% German, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% French.[14]

In the Template:CensusAU, Sandstone Point had a population of 3,959 people.[15]

In the Template:CensusAU, Sandstone Point had a population of 4,094 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Sandstone Point. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Bribie Island State School and Bribie Island State High School, both in Bongaree on Bribie Island across the bridge to the east.[5]

Amenities

The Village Sandstone Point is a shopping centre at 208 Bestmann Road East (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[16] Its anchor tenant is an IGA supermarket.[17][18]

File:Oyster Shed at Sandstone Point Hotel, Queensland, 2020.jpg
Oyster Shed at Sandstone Point Hotel, 2020

Sandstone Point Hotel is at 1800 Bribie Island Road (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[19]

Sparrow Early Learning is an Early Childhood Service at 53 Bestmann Road East.

Pebble Beach Retirement Community is a retirement village at 210-232 Bestmann Road East (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), immediately west of the shopping centre.[20][21]

Spinnaker Sound Marina is a Script error: No such module "convert". marina (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[22] There is a boat ramp at the marina (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[23]

Kal Ma Kuta Drive boat ramp is north of the marina and provides access into the Pumicestone Passage (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".). It is managed by the Moreton Bay Regional Council.[23]

There are a number of parks in the area:

  • Pebble Beach Common (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[24]
  • Spinnaker Park (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".)[24]

References

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External links

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