Cottonwood Walk is a shared walk and cycle path offering a quality experience with excellent trail surfaces, boardwalks, stairways down to the beach and viewing platforms with extensive views over Deception Bay to Moreton Island. This walk and cycle path offers a beach experience. Interpretive signage along the way indicates historical sites such as the Bancroft Baths. This is a shared walk and cycle path offering a quality experience with excellent trail surfaces, boardwalks, stairways down to the beach and viewing platforms.
You can return via the same route.
Total distance: 2695 m
Max elevation: 15 m
Min elevation: 2 m
Total climbing: 53 m
Total descent: -53 m
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Deception Bay is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 32 kilometres (north of Brisbane CBD in the south-eastern corner of the bay of the same name which separates the Redcliffe Peninsula and Bribie Island. Deception Bay is a 40 minute drive from Brisbane, travelling along Gympie Road (which becomes the Bruce Highway). There is accommodation, public transport, a shopping centre and dining options available for those wanting to take a weekend to explore all the bay has to offer.
Deception Bay, contrary to popular myth, earned its name due to a mix-up by its discoverer, Lieutenant John Oxley. Initially Oxley had assumed the shallow bay was a river, upon standing corrected (much to his surprise) he named the area Deception Bay. Over the years, the area has gone from being used predominantly as farming land, to housing a WWII army camp, to becoming a residential hub and peaceful holiday destination for those looking to avoid the crowds.
Though Deception Bay is regarded as primarily a residential area, with suburbia occupying most of the suburb, unbeknownst to many, it's also a great place to bring furry four legged best friends for water play at the dog beach, or to enjoy serene waterside & parkland strolls and a spot of dog-friendly bayside dining.
For more information on this hiking trail, please visit Queensland.com
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