Privately owned Bedarra Island island is in the heart of the Family Islands National Park, off the Queensland coast in Australia. The granite island was part of the mainland before the last sea level rise began 8,000 years ago.
Noel Wood, an Australian landscape artist, purchased East Bedarra in the late 1930s and over time it was developed into a popular luxury tourist destination.
Read more about Bedarra Island: Weather, Location, The Sandspit, Fauna, Storm Casualties, Founding History, Noel Wood, Ownership Changes
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