Great Sandy Strait Ramsar Site

This page contains direct links to information specific to the Great Sandy Strait Ramsar site. Great Sandy Strait is a double-ended sand passage estuary and, because of the relatively flat nearshore, has large horizontal tide movements. Low water is one kilometre offshore in some areas. Patterned fens have been recorded along Great Sandy Strait and Cooloola. This type of wetland is the only one of its kind in the world. A Management Plan is available for this area and an ecological character description knowledge gaps information sheet.

Wetlands International provides the full Ramsar Information Sheet for the Great Sandy Strait as well as the official map of the site and a useful tool for preparing reports on specific aspects of the site.

Great Sandy Strait is also listed in the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia.

Although the official map of this site is found on the Wetlands International site, a digital version may viewed on WetlandMaps.

The federal Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities also provides an information sheet on the Great Sandy Strait Ramsar site.

A Protected Area Management Plan is also available for this area.