Why have an App?Nowadays everyone has a Smartphone. The quickest way to find out anything is on your Smartphone. An App provides a very quick and easy way to access a load of useful information and contacts for a given subject.
The subject of this App is "See South Straddie". So it includes How to get here, where to eat, where to stay, one click access to, water taxis, maps, weather reports, buggy and adventure tours, water sports and seaplane tours. If you are thinking of visiting South Straddie you download the App to have all of the information at your fingertips. The App will be free to download of course and once published will be promoted on this website and others to encourage locals and visitors alike to come and see South Straddie.
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 It has been a long held desire of mine to create a map of South Straddie with all of the various walking tracks clearly shown on it. It would either have to be paid for by advertising, or cost some small amount of money and so has never quite come to fruition. I wanted the map to be free to users and there are not that many businesses on the island to carry the cost through advertising.
Now what might be better than a map. A walking tour App of course. The App is pocketsights and is free to download. once downloaded it will very likely find the one walking tour I have created to date just by knowing where you are. Long way to go of course I have to map lots of other walks. It is American and so it shows the distance in miles, a small hiccup I may be able to overcome. It does allow me to add pictures of various "stops" on the walk and it will guide you all the way around via your smartphone. Should be fun and gives me another excuse for lots more walking on the island. Prime Island site goes on market, 30 years after Small family moved to Sth StraddieLUCY ARDERN GOLD COAST BULLETIN APRIL 10, 2015 THE Small family is set to pack up and leave South Stradbroke Island, 30 years after they arrived, making way for a major developer to turn their modest resort into a 5-star attraction. The Island Beach Resort and Couran Point development have just hit the market and an international search is being conducted to find a buyer for the prime island parcel. The family’s connection with the island started in 1986 when Bruce Small, a distant relation of former Gold Coast mayor Sir Bruce Small, purchased 80 hectares of land there from the Co-Ownership Land Development company. Daughter Katrina McCarthy said the family, which lived in Brisbane at the time, had not even heard of South Stradbroke, but the location soon became the centre of their world. It has been a massive part of our lives,” she said. “There is never a dull moment on an island.” Three of Ms McCarthy’s brothers – Justin, Michael and Peter – still work there and most of the family own holiday houses at Couran Point. But the Small family is keen to “get back to the mainland” and only go there for holidays from now on according to Ms McCarthy. The fact that Mr Small just turned 81 is a major factor. “We will be going over their for holidays,” Ms McCarthy said. “We love the place.”  Ms McCarthy said the site would be attractive to a lot of buyers.
“Because it is all freehold, it is a blank canvas for who ever takes it over,” she said. “Something really special could be done with the area. “Everything could be demolished and they could put a new resort or villas there.” Not long after he purchased the land, Mr Small sold off 54 hectares to US group Interpacific, headed up by Chuck Feeney, which went on to develop the Couran Cove Island Resort there. So the parcel being sold measures 11.2 hectares and includes holiday accommodation, swimming pools, tennis courts, plus a large bar and restaurant facilities, a resort style pool and 42 marina berths. The final lots that are part of Couran Point, which Mr Small started selling in 1999, are also part of the deal. A development agreement is in place with council covering the land, which gives the new owner the opportunity to redevelop the area. This was the day the Westpac helicopter was carrying out training exercises on the Island.    It loomed up over the dunes just as we were sitting down for lunch on one of our walks.
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