 On the southern end of the island the settlement of Kooringal which was serviced by a vehicular barge named the "Kooringal Trader" that ran to Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island until April 2009 when the barge was sold off due to limited business and high operation costs.A new vehicular barge named the "Amity Trader" now services the same route.North Stradbroke Island services are provided by Stradbroke Ferries with seven vehicle ferries and one water taxi from Cleveland to North Stradbroke Island and a vehicle ferry service to Lamb, Karragarra, Macleay and Russell Islands from Redland Bay.