Molle Islands National Park

The Molle Islands National Park are a small group of islands along the inshore edge of the Whitsunday Passage off Shute Harbour.

This national park includes the islands: Calf, Cow, Denman, Goat, Long, Mid Molle, North Molle, Pine, Planton, Repair, Shute, South Molle and Tancred Islands. Rocky headlands with majestic hoop pines, sandy beaches, secluded coves, natural grasslands, and rainforest make the inshore Molle Islands a wildlife refuge and a retreat for nature lovers.

Open eucalypt forests clothe the hillsides, rainforest grows in sheltered gullies and grasslands cover the more exposed slopes. A seasonal colony of black flying-foxes lives on South Molle Island. The Ngaro people lived on and visited these islands for thousands of years. They used fire to flush out game and maintain the natural grasslands. A stone quarry for making tools and weapons remains on South Molle Island.