Double Island Point

Double Island Point is a coastal headland in Queensland, Australia. It is the next headland north of Noosa and is within the Cooloola section of the Great Sandy National Park, at the southern end of Wide Bay.The point was named by Captain Cook when he passed it on 18 May 1770, "on account of its figure" (i.e. shape). In the original of his journal he had written Fiddle Head, but crossed that out.GeographyDespite the name, there is no islands, but rather a sandspit. It is the southern point of Wide Bay.There is no road access to the point, but four-wheel drive vehicles can go along the beach, either from the township of Rainbow Beach in Wide Bay, or the longer way up from Noosa Heads .The northern side of the point is a surfing location. On a good swell, a right-hander breaks over sand, and for perhaps as much as 300 metres in ideal conditions.Record Wind GustOn the 16 December 2006, the Bureau of Meteorology operated weather station located at the Double Island Point Lighthouse recorded a 196 kilometer per hour wind gust (121 mph) with a severe supercell thunderstorm. This was the highest non-tornadic wind gust ever recorded from a thunderstorm in Australia and was equivalent to winds in a category 3 tropical cyclone.