A plan to establish a quad bike tour business on Moreton Island has residents revved up BOGGED DOWN: Tangalooma Tourist Resort is applying for quad bikes to travel 4km along the beach but residents aren't happy. MORETON Island National Park may be opened to commercial activities, with a tourist operator applying to use it for quad bike tours. The Tangalooma Tourist Resort application for Moreton Island National Park has also raised public safety issues, with the potential for unlicensed riders taking vehicles on to beaches which are designated public roads. Residents of the island in Moreton Bay have also hit back at a call last week to have the last vehicle-free beach opened up to 4WD traffic. The beach at Cowan on the island's northern end has been closed for 20 years. Cowan Residents Association secretary Paul White said it was impractical to open the beach to cars. "The beach is completely inaccessible to any vehicle at high tide," he said. Even if allowing traffic on the beach was a safe proposal, which it clearly is not, at least half the time vehicles would still need to use the bypass. Tangalooma resort owner Brian Osborne said the quad bike application was to travel about 4km along the beach south of the resort. "We wouldn't mind doing a little tour so people can take photos," he said. We've got to do more with our parks. They occupy the best parts of our country. Mr Osborne said he could give no details on the application but he had no plans to use the Cape Moreton lighthouse, which was open to the public. Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service spokesman Neil Cambourn said the department had also received an application for a Cape Moreton tourist operation. Moreton Island Protection Committee president and tour operator Alan Genninges said the quad bike proposal would destroy the island's beaches which were important bird roosting areas and a quiet place used by walkers. "How can they take quad bikes on the beach when they are declared roads?" he said. That's illegal and what about minors being on bikes on a public road?