Sandstone Point: Foreshore Parks, the Hotel and Passage Views

Sandstone Point is the mainland side of the Bribie Island bridge, a waterfront suburb on Pumicestone Passage with council foreshore parks, playgrounds, a dog beach and a large hotel and events venue. It is about 65 minutes by car from the Brisbane CBD, so it works as a day out in its own right or a first stop before you cross to the island.

Most people search for Sandstone Point to find the hotel, but the parks around it are free and good for a picnic, a swim or a fish.

Sandstone Point Memorial Park and the foreshore

Sandstone Point Memorial Park, at 109 Bestmann Road East, is the main foreshore park. It has a shaded playground with a slide, climbing fort and swings, public toilets (including accessible toilets), free electric barbecues and sheltered picnic areas. There is outdoor exercise equipment too, including an elliptical machine and parallel bars.

From the park you can reach the water to swim or paddle a canoe or kayak, and a foreshore walk runs around the southern end of the park. Local anglers often catch whiting and bream here. Look along the shore for shells, sea life and shorebirds.

At low tide the remains of a large fish trap show at the park’s northern point. The park is on the traditional lands of the Ningy Ningy people, who gathered here for ceremonies, and council’s page records that explorer John Oxley landed here in 1823 and that the area served as an Allied amphibious training base in World War II. A council monument from 1995 honours the men who trained here.

Is Sandstone Point dog friendly?

Yes, on a leash. Dogs are welcome at Sandstone Point Memorial Park but must be on a leash, and kept at least 10 metres from the playground. City of Moreton Bay also has a Sandstone Point on-leash dog beach, which is the beach next to the car park in Oxley Park, heading south-west for about 200 metres.

If your dog needs to run, Pebble Beach Common has a dog off-leash area. Outside the dog park, dogs must be on a lead.

Pebble Beach Common

Pebble Beach Common, at 190 Bestmann Road, is a big play park. It has an adventure fort with slides and swings, toilets, a water fountain, sheltered picnic tables, a basketball court, a skate park, fitness equipment and open grass for ball games. A concrete path loops around the lagoon.

Kal-ma-kuta Drive Park

Kal-ma-kuta Drive Park, at 6 Kal-ma-kuta Drive, is a smaller park with a car park, toilets, a kids’ playground with swings and slides, picnic tables, a shelter and an electric barbecue. A boat ramp nearby gives anglers and boaters access to the passage.

Sandstone Point Hotel

Sandstone Point Hotel, at 1800 Bribie Island Road, has 300 metres of waterfront on Pumicestone Passage, the channel that separates Bribie Island from the mainland. It runs a restaurant focused on seafood, including Moreton Bay bugs, several bars, a pizzeria called Mozzarella Mafia, and the Oyster Shed Beach Club with waterfront day beds, a fire pit and an ice creamery.

There is a playground for kids, and the venue hosts concerts and events with national and international artists. You can book restaurant tables online through the hotel’s website. Accommodation (villas, safari tents and camp and caravan sites) is on site and is booked separately through the holiday resort’s website.

Planning your visit

• How long: an hour for a park stop; half a day if you add lunch at the hotel and a swim.
• Cost: the council parks are free to enter. Food, drinks and events at the hotel are extra.
• What to bring: hat, sunscreen, a towel, and fishing gear if you want to try for whiting or bream.
• Accessibility: Sandstone Point Memorial Park has accessible toilets.
• Dogs: on a leash at the foreshore; off-leash at Pebble Beach Common only.

Getting to Sandstone Point and parking

By car, Sandstone Point is on Bribie Island Road, about 64 km and about 65 minutes from the Brisbane CBD without traffic. Sandstone Point Memorial Park has ample car parking, and Pebble Beach Common and Kal-ma-kuta Drive Park each have a car park.

By public transport, Translink route 640 runs from Caboolture to Woorim on Bribie Island with two stops at Sandstone Point, and route 643 runs between Bribie Island and Caboolture via Sandstone Point. Plan the trip with the Translink Journey Planner or call 13 12 30.

More detail is on council’s Sandstone Point Memorial Park page and the hotel’s website, sandstonepointhotel.com.au. Details can change, so check before you go.

Nearby

• Bribie Island – cross the bridge for the beaches, jetty and island walks.
• Bongaree, Bribie Island – the jetty and foreshore just over the bridge.
• Red Beach, Bribie Island – a dog beach on the island.
• Woorim Beach – Bribie’s surf beach on the ocean side.
• Caboolture Historical Village – a stop on the way back to Brisbane.
• Fishing for Beginners in South East Queensland – the licence, gear and rules before you wet a line.

Browse more of Bribie Island and restaurants.

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