Foto Frenzy 2016 (25th April – 1st May) was once again a huge success, we had 40 participants ranging from beginner to experienced photographers with both divers and snorkelers. This was the third year that Lady Elliot Island hosted the Foto Frenzy event with Darren Jew, Sean Scott, QLD Museum Photographer Gary Cranitch, Greg Sullavan, Colin Baker and Anthony Portis from The Canon Collective Team.

Based on the concept of ‘Capture to Print’ the five days of shooting opportunities was jam-packed with review sessions, group presentations and break outs which culminated in a print exhibition of participants work on the final night.

The SCUBA divers joined Darren Jew for special photography-focused dives while the snorkelers joined Sean Scott in the Lagoon for our Adventure Snorkels. Our land loving shooters also had the opportunity to capture amazing photographs with the changing colours of the Island and the lagoon throughout the day.

After seeing all the ‪#‎FotoFrenzyLEI2016‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ photos we’re sure you wondering about Foto Frenzy 2017!

If you are interested in participating in Foto Frenzy 2017, please sign up to Canon Australia’s ‘Expression of Interest’ list to be the first in line to find out all the information on the workshop and when to book!

Immerse yourself in photography on the Southern Great Barrier Reef and join us for a Foto Frenzy on Lady Elliot Island in 2017!

Above photo: Greg Sullavan

The Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE16) was held on the Gold Coast at the Convention Centre from the 15th – 19th May. Over 600 travel professionals and media from all over the world attended Australia's largest annual travel and tourism business-to-business event.

Vicki Mullins, Lena Mannerstrale and Amy Gash represented Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort, the girls met with almost 200 travel professionals and media over the 5 days and a few of them were lucky enough to visit Lady Elliot Island on a FAMIL during their visit to Australia!

Managing Director of Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort, Peter Gash has been recgonised as a Great Barrier Reef Warrior and has been featured in this awesome video produced by Matt Raimondo with Tourism and Events Queensland celebrating our ‘Reef Guardians’

Reef Warrior: Peter Gash - Video

As Peter would say, “It is our responsibility to make positive change for the future, not only for our generation but for the generations which follow, we do not inherit this earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our children”

Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort has now reached over 20,000 followers on Instagram!!

We would like to express our thanks to everyone who follows our tiny Island paradise on social media. 

If you would like to be updated with beautiful images, please follow our page, or for the chance to be featured please tag your snaps with #ladyelliotisland

Guess what? It’s that time of year again! We love it when the majestic Humpback Whales grace our waters off Lady Elliot Island.

Keep an eye out for the Humpback Whales on their annual migration during the scenic flight to/from Lady Elliot Island. If you’re lucky you might also see them from the glass bottom boat on the Island or hear the beautiful whale song underwater.

Photo by Syke Newman

We're very excited that the 'Lady Elliot Island Day Tour' has received a TripAdvisor 2016 Certificate of Excellence, reflecting the consistently great reviews we’ve earned on TripAdvisor.

Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort was entered in to the TripAdvisor 'Hall of Fame' last year after receiving the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence five (5) years in a row - 2011/2012/2013/2014/2015.

Thank you to all our wonderful guests who have taken the time to write a TripAdvisor review about your visit to Lady Elliot Island!

There has been a lot of action on the Island over the past couple of months in regards to renovations and maintenance. Some of these tasks include;

- A prototype for a bigger and better Eco Cabin which can now comfortably sleep 5 adults.

- Improvements on the Desalination System which is now making 44 litres per minute where it used to be 24 litres per minute.

- The purchase of a new wood chipper for the re vegetation program to transition the forest back to its original forest from the 1860’s

- Continued repairs and maintenance to our Heritage Listed Lighthouse
A new roof on the education centre and new verandas on multiple units

- OSCA (On Site Composting Apparatus)

- First that we know of Solar Switch that measures available solar irradiation to turn off or on certain power driven items to minimise the burden on the generators and batteries which further improves our energy consumption.

Have you always wondered what it would be like to work on a remote resort Island? Check out our new employment videos which showcase each department on Lady Elliot. The videos help provide an insight into the working and social lifestyle on Lady Elliot and provide new and potential employees with an insight as to what to expect before arriving!

Here are some behind the scenes photos of the videos being captured, thanks to Monique Grisanti and Lauren Redman for putting the videos together and Heidi Pozzan for presenting.

Below are a collaboration of images from our Instagram account. Thank you for sharing these amazing images! Don’t forget to keep posting your favourite snaps, we all enjoy seeing them.

If you are happy for us to use any of your images for marketing purposes, please email them to [email protected].

We currently have three specials on offer between May and August 2016.

Eco Escape – Three Nights

Manta Migration Stay 5 Pay 4 – One Night Free

Dive the SGBR Stay 7 Pay 5 – Two Nights Free