This article is about the island off Queensland, Australia. For the island in the Humber, England, see Howden Dyke Island. For the island in the Bay Area, see Hooks Island.
Hook Island is one of the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland. The island is almost uninhabited, quite rugged and almost completely contained within a section of the Whitsunday Islands National Park. The island has two prominent geographical features on the southern side of Hook Island; the Nara and Macona inlets, two fjord-like recesses that are used as anchorages for the Whitsunday tourist fleet. The island's northern coast is noted for its colourful underwater coral growths, to which snorkelling and diving enthusiasts are attracted.
In 1964, photos were taken at the islands which circulated globally after what was believed to be some kind of sea monster was visible. The best known of the Hook Island Sea Monster photos is familiar to many[1] (the two or three others are less familiar). It features a gigantic, tadpole-like monster, supposedly encountered in Stonehaven Bay, Hook Island, Queensland, by Robert Le Serrec and his family and a friend during December 1964.[1]
On 12 February 2008 a yacht ran aground at Cape Cove.[2] The yacht became wedged on dangerous rocks requiring the rescue of 37 people by helicopter. The incident was Australia's largest helicopter rescue operation from a vessel.[2] At least two people have died from irukandji jellyfish stings while snorkeling off Hook Island.[3]
Some of the oldest archaeological sites ever found in Eastern Australia are the caves and midden of the Ngaro People on Hook Island. A site at Nara Inlet is the oldest indication of Aboriginal occupation in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.[4]
^ abDarren Naish (23 November 2013). "The amazing Hook Island sea monster photos, revisited". Tetrapod Zoology. Scientific American. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
^ abVictoria Bruce (15 April 2009). "Maritime rescue heroes awarded bravery medals". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
^Georgina Robinson (4 December 2009). "Dive into deadly jellyfish tentacles". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
^Fiona Dickson (25 June 2008). "The Ngaro people of the Whitsundays". ABC Tropical North. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
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