World-Heritage-Listed Heron Island is an 8 hectare, 0.8 km long, densely forested sand cay on the leeward edge of a flourishing 27 km2 coral reef platform within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Straddling the Tropic of Capricorn, it sits approximately 80 km from the mainland and is one of several islands that make up the Capricorn Bunker group. The Heron Island Eco-Resort offers 112 luxury rooms / suites for 300 guests which can be leased in its entirety.

The dominant vegetation is Pisonia grandis forest which, with the surrounding dunes, provides nesting habitat for thousands of migrant and resident birds and is a major green turtle nesting site.

Heron Reef rises out of 40 metres of water and includes an extensive reef flat as well as a deeper lagoon dotted with patch reefs. The reef rim is generally exposed at low tide and is separated by a deep channel from the adjacent Wistari Reef.

Only 3 stakeholders on the island - Heron Island Resort (leasehold) / National Park - Qld Parks & Wildlife Service (QPWS) / UQ Research Facility. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and State Marine Park manage all filming from high tide mark to the pacific ocean.

Accessed by boat, seaplane & helicopter. The ferry takes 2 hours and can transport up to 170 people departing from Gladstone.

Heron Island is 72 kms from Gladstone Airport (GLT) - 1 hour 10 minute flight from Brisbane (BNE) Airport.