Cumberland Islands

At low tide it is possible to walk over a sandbank to Carlisle Island and to tiny Pelican Island.

Most of the islands of varying sizes in the Cumberland Group, some 70 in all, have been declared national parks. There are no holiday settlements, and camping is possible only on some of the islands; a permit is required (obtainable from the QNPWS information bureau in Mackay) and campers must take their own provisions.