Look for adventure
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 3/2/07
Staying at the resort will be ideal if you're looking to spend your time on the island just laying on the beach and drinking beer. Though from the resort you can book a lot of excursions, groups are big and most of the time you can end up disapointed - example: snorkelling - group included about 25-30 or more individuals and 45% of these people had no idea how to swim so you can imagine the frustration when you're trying to see the corals on the wrecks and people keep coming on you, hitting and pushing you with the board. Same with the quad bikes, same amount of peolpe which included people who never saw one before in their lives let alone riding one and people like us looking for a bit of fun. You will end up all the time stopping every 2 minutes 'cos someone drove straight into a tree or the wall.. However if you're lucky enough you'll get picked up to drive in the quad track which is a bit more fun than just driving in one straight pile. Food at the resort is disgusting especially breakfast and lunch however for dinner"The Steakhouse" and "Chef's" offer a much better menu but prepare to spend at least $150 - $200 every time you dine in these places for just 2 main dishes, bottle of wine and bottle of water.
My advise - go to moreton island and camp, go around and explore the beautiful island, its got beautiful beaches and nice waters, amazing sand dunes and lakes and really good weather. Preferabbly take a 4WD to go around the island or hire one from the island, go snorkelling with a group of friends and don't miss sand toboggan (great fun and also safe for young children) - Great fun. Do some fishing at night or with the tide and cook the fish you catch for breakfast and lunch and dine at the "Chef's" at night but remember to take a bit of cash with you and also if you love wine, it will be better if you order wine by the glass than buying the whole bottle(better value for money)
Moreton island offers good fun for the whole family but look for a bit of adventure!!!! Will go back there for sure!!!