VICTORIA POINT, QUEENSLAND


'Victoria Point' is one of the 21 bayside suburbs of the Redland Shire, approximately 33 kilometres south-east of Brisbane, and is primarily a residential area, but also contains other public complexes and a ferry service to Coochiemudlo Island.
As of 2006, Victoria Point was home to 13,753 people, the largest group of which were under 19.[1]
The main point area has two boat ramps for boat entry to Moreton Bay and a Volunteer Marine Rescue unit.
Beach areas include Thompson's Beach, a small child safe beach (but sometimes suffers from blue-green algae), which has a very shallow slope allowing a long tide.
Shopping facilities have expanded rapidly in the last few years, with now four supermarkets, a public library, Cinema complex and many specialty shops and lakeside restaurants.

Contents
Schooling
Retirement Villages
See also
References
External links

Schooling


Victoria Point is home to four schools, two state and two private. Victoria Point State School is a the local state primary school and Victoria Point State High School is the secondary school which has over 1300 students and over 100 staff ..
As for private schools, Victoria Point has two independent schools running at present. Faith Lutheran College, Redlands was established as a primary school in 1982 with 64 students and 3 teachers, situated on Link Road. Subsequent expansion has seen the commencement of its Middle (Years 7-9) and Senior (Years 10-12) School Campus on Beveridge Road in the next suburb Thornlands.
St Rita's Catholic Primary School is a co-educational catholic school which covers Prep to Year 7. It opened in 1993 and is located on Benfer Road.

Retirement Villages


In 2007, there is a growing population of older couples looking to retire with six retirement villages currently in the suburb.

See also



Redland Shire

South East Queensland

References


1. Australian Bureau of Statistics - Census Data for Victoria Point

External links



Redland Shire Council Homepage

Redlands Tourism

Woodlands Weather Centre, Victoria Point

Faith Lutheran College, Redlands

St Rita's Catholic Primary School

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