Tom Cruise.
That either made you run screaming or hunker down to see what I have to say. Yeah, this is the island fortress Tom Cruise assailed with a motorcycle and the deadly power of his tiny meerkat hands in Mission Impossible 2. But while Tom's star wanes *cough Scientology cough* the natural beauty of Bare Island, indeed the entire surrounding area, stands eternal. Rugged, windswept, surrounded by pristine Horseshoe Bay and the (nudist) Little Congwong beach, there's a lot to see and do and be amazed by on either side of this little promontory.
The island itself is home to a fort that you can sniff about in when open (check the website for tour times), but cruising around the rocks is just as satisfying, as is walking long the long wooden access bridge and peering down in to water so clear you can see the fish the local fishermen are trying to seduce.
Splendiferous and amazing. read more