Big Sister's Island
Scheduled for completion by 2024, the enhanced Big Sister’s Island will serve the Marine Park’s objectives of conservation, outreach and education. Members of the public can look forward to a boardwalk, intertidal pools and a floating pontoon which will be sensitively established. Further inland, there will be forest trails for the public to explore.
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Intertidal pools
Intertidal pools located along the inner sea walls create an environment similar to natural rock pools, providing additional hiding places for marine organisms, allowing visitors to view them up close during low tides.
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Artist impression of intertidal pool
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Floating pontoon
A floating pontoon will be sensitively installed at Big Sister’s Island, adjacent to the jetty and looping back to the shore.
The pontoon will be specially designed to enhance biodiversity and provide opportunities for visitors to view marine life such as sea fans, sponges, sea anemones as well as hard and soft corals up close.
Visitors will also get to observe other mobile marine life through viewing panels on the base of the pontoons.
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Artist impression of floating pontoon
Sea fans which can be spotted at the
floating pontoon
Observe hard corals at the floating pontoon
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Forest trails
Members of the public can experience nature and greenery as they trek the forest trails at Big Sister’s Island.
The forest trails will provide opportunities for visitors to spot coastal forest plants and go bird-watching.
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Artist impression of forest trails
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Visitors pavilion
A visitors’ pavilion, equipped with information on Sisters’ Islands Marine Park and the biodiversity within, will be built adjacent to the jetty.
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