Bay Island ferry service. Flying boat passengers waiting to embark, and those in transit could wait and be refreshed at the Redland Bay Hotel while the Flying Boats were serviced for the onward journey. The flying boat would leave Rose Bay in Sydney at 7:30pm and arrive at Redland Bay at around 11:00pm. Two hours later, she was back in the air, en route to Nouméa in New Caledonia, where passengers would go ashore for breakfast. Several days, and many stops later, the flying boat would arrive in London. By contrast, in 2009, travelling on a long-haul 747, passengers can fly direct from Brisbane to London via Singapore in less than 24 hours for a mere fraction of the cost. Then in 2018, Qantas upped their game again by commencing non-stop London to Perth flights on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The 14,498km non-stop flight takes 17 hours. The arrival of the flying boat in Redland Bay near midnight did not go unnoticed by the local residents. A powerful searchlight swept the watery runway to guide the pilot. Launches carrying passengers, luggage, fuel, freight, refreshments and mail made their way to and from the moored flying boat. Voices carried clearly across the calm water. The Qantas service to Nouméa flying boat came to and end in the mid-fifties, to be replaced by direct flights between Sydney and La Tontouta international airport (45 klms north west of Nouméa) by DC4, DC6b, Lockheed Electra, Boeing 707 and Boeing 747 successively. Education Redland Bay State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Gordon Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 876 students with 65 teachers (56 full-time equivalent) and 42 non-teaching staff (27 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. There are no secondary schools in Redland Bay. The nearest government secondary school is Victoria Point State High School in neighbouring Victoria Point to the north. Amenities The Redland City Council operates a mobile library service which visits Stradbroke Street. References Further reading External links Redlands Tourism Serpentine Creek Cemetery: Headstone Photos Suburbs of Redland City Bays of Queensland Localities in Queensland