It has been an incredible Turtle Season on Lady Elliot Island with so many amazing experiences had by our guests!  Our Activities Team ensure that they track and record turtle movements on Lady Elliot Island to determine trends and statistics for future years to come.

This year we have recorded 76 marked nests, 1,167 turtle tracks and over 550 recorded hatchlings (not all recorded as they may emerge when no one is around).

Tune into the ABC 'Australian Story' tonight (Monday 27th February) at 8pm where Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg shows off the Great Barrier Reef from atop of our Heritage Listed LIghthouse. 

“It’s one of those magic wonders of the world.” - Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg 

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Incredible footage has been captured of a rare Ornate Eagle Ray which was spotted at Lighthouse Bommie!

The Ornate Eagle Ray is assessed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to suspected population declines exceeding 50% over the last 40+ years.

Watch the video here

Video by Meagan Jacob

American Supermodel, Karlie Kloss visited Lady Elliot Island on a recent trip to the Great Barrier Reef, expressing her love for our natural wonder!

Sharing snaps from LEI to more than 6 million social media followers, the former Victoria’s Secret model has also put together a video of her reef experience which is featured on her YouTube channel. Watch this space for more details on the release of the video!

Last week Lady Elliot achieved a remarkable milestone. We reached an average of only 60 litres of fuel burn per day to make power to run the resort. This is a considerable reduction from the original 550 litres per day and almost a 90% fuel reduction since our renewable journey began in 2008! 

We operate the resort with all the same requirements necessary on the mainland PLUS we make our own water by desalination of ocean water, operate a large kitchen including commercial fridges and freezers, run air conditioners, dive compressors, OSCA (onsite composting machine), treat our own wastewater in our Waster Water Treatment Plant and run our machinery workshop, all this on a small budget with limited resources.

We have been aiming for this goal since 2005. At the time we took over the resort we were buring 550 litres of fuel per day and had half the occupancy we do now. Our long term goal is 100% renewable energy and with this milestone, we're not that far off! 

We continue to prove wrong those who say that base load power can't come from renewable energy. 

I wish to thank our maintenance crew and all the Island Team for working together to achieve this fantastic result. We have proved it can be done on renewables at a reasonable capital cost. 

Managing Director, Peter Gash has been featured in a Tourism Events Queensland YouTube Video as the Great Barrier Reef’s Conservation Warrior!

His dream is to “Leave the world in a better place than we found it”

Check the video here!

Don't forget to download our In-Flight App!

The App has two main features, the Flight Tracker uses GPS to track and show your exact location whilst flying up the East Queensland coast of Australia to Lady Elliot Island. With over 50 Points of Interests along the flight, you can learn more about the region they are flying over with information on popular locations; theme parks; and places to stay, eat and explore!

You can also use the App to plan your stay on Lady Elliot Island with weather, tides and island maps available.

The App is available in five languages-English, Chinese, Japanese, German and French.

To download the In-Flight App, search ‘Lady Elliot Island’ on the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store for Android.

Thanks goes to Jeremy Somerville for putting togher this amazing piece of technology! 

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND EXTENDED SALE PERIOD FROM 1-31 MARCH ONLY FOR TRAVEL IN JUNE!

Make the reef your backyard with our 3 night ‘Room to Reef’ Package

From $782.50 per person (twin/triple/quad share). Stay between 1-30 June 2017. The package includes: 3 nights accommodation in an Eco Cabin (shared facilities), return scenic flight ex Hervey Bay or Bundaberg; full buffet breakfast and dinner daily; 1 glass bottom boat/guided snorkelling tour per person; snorkelling lesson (if required); snorkel equipment (mask, snorkel and fins); 1 short wetsuit and a range of island activities and tours.

Photo Credit: Tony Scott

DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND EXTENDED SALE PERIOD FROM 1-31 MARCH ONLY FOR TRAVEL IN JUNE!

Dive the Southern Great Barrier Reef with our Stay 5 Pay 4 ‘Manta Migration’ Package

Travel between 1-30 June 2017 from $940 per person (twin/triple/quad share). The package includes: 5 nights accommodation in an Eco Cabin (shared facilities); return scenic flight ex Hervey Bay or Bundaberg; full buffet breakfast and dinner daily; 1 glass bottom boat/guided snorkelling tour per person; snorkelling lesson (if required); snorkel equipment (mask, snorkel and fins); 1 short wetsuit and a range of island activities and tours.

Photo credit: FunTravel TV

I know just the place...

Escape the hustle and bustle of city life and immerse yourself in not one BUT two World Heritage National Parks, O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat and Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort!

Experience the lush rainforests of Lamington National Park, and snorkel/dive with our majestic manta rays of the Southern Great Barrier Reef!

Travel between 1st April 2017 - 31st March 2018 from $1,407 per person (twin) share.

Package Includes:

Return Scenic Flight to Lady Elliot Island, 2 Nights in a Reef Room on Lady Elliot Island, 2 Nights in a Mountain View Room at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, 4x buffet breakfasts, 2x buffet dinners at Lady Elliot Island, Snorkel and Glass Bottom Boat Tour and nature talks on Lady Elliot Island, Guided bird walks at O’Reilly’s, tours and animal shows available, morning and afternoon tea at O’Reilly’s, Environmental Management Charge (Lady Elliot Island, National Park Fee).

For more information click here!

For bookings please contact our reservations team on 1800 072 200; +61 5536 3644 or email [email protected]

Below is a collaboration of images from our Instagram account. Thank you for sharing these amazing images! Don’t forget to keep posting your favourite snaps and #LadyElliotIsland, 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].