Woody Point is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region at the south-east of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately 24 kilometres (14.9 mi) north-northeast of Brisbane

Brisbane

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, the state capital of Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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. It was formerly a banana

Banana

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 plantation

Plantation

A plantation is a long artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale, often in distant markets rather than for local on-site consumption...

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Attractions and features

1. Woody Point Jetty - 240 metre jetty, re-opening in December 2008. Original jetty was built in 1888 and has been reconstructed during 2008 at a cost of 9.6 million. The new jetty has informative displays, seating and facilities for fishing.

2. HMQS Gayundah shipwreck

HMQS Gayundah

HMQS Gayundah was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy . She entered service in 1884 and was decommissioned and sold in 1921. She then served as sand and gravel barge for Brisbane Gravel Pty Ltd until 1950, when she was scrapped...

 at Picnic Point.

3. Bramble Bay

Bramble Bay

Bramble Bay is an embayment of Moreton Bay in South East Queensland, Australia. The Brisway map reference is 12 H5, or see page 91 G19 in Refidex.The Houghton Highway and the Hornibrook Bridge span Bramble Bay, connecting Redcliffe with Brisbane...

 foreshore including Bicentennial Park and Apex Park.

4. Launching point for fishing boats and the Humpybong yacht

Yacht

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 club.

5. Scott's Point and Gayundah coastal arboretum

Arboretum

An arboretum in a narrow sense is a collection of trees only. Related collections include a fruticetum , and a viticetum, a collection of vines. More commonly, today, an arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants intended at least partly for scientific study...

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External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Woody Point

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