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South Stradbroke Island
Getting Here and Around
Zane's Water Taxi runs up to six campers plus gear from Runaway Bay Marina to Currigee (A$50, one-way) and Tipplers (A$80, one-way) campgrounds on the island; to book, phone 0404/905970.
From Gold Coast Airport, Coolangatta, it's a 50-km (30-mi), 50-minute drive northeast on the Pacific Motorway, then the Oxenford-Southport Road (take Exit 57 at Oxenford) to Hope Harbour.
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