Orpheus Island

Orpheus Island has had a complex history. In 1927 many aborigines from all over Queensland were sent to the area around Orpheus Island (mainly Palm Island), and nearby Fantome Island was a leper colony. Tourists started coming to the island in the 1930s. During the war American servicemen built Yanks Jetty. Part of the island was developed as a luxury resort. Most of the island is a national park. 

James Cook University has a research station here too. This morning we visited the research station and were shown over it. At the front it has a tank of coral.

Then we were shown around the research labs.

And the accomodation 

Hitchinbrook Island is between here and the coast. But you can also see Lucinda, and the enormous sugar processing facility there.