[1] It contains an airstrip and a jetty as well as accommodation buildings for resident caretakers, visiting members, and their guests.
[2] The Para Park Co-operative Game Reserve Limited was established in 1965 by 200 people, most of whom were members of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia, in order to raise A$40,000 for the purchase of the island for the conservation, study and sustainable hunting of Hog Deer.
[3] The number of members is still about 200; membership is limited by a waiting list, and includes an annual work commitment.
The cooperative has supplied Hog Deer stock to the Blond Bay State Game Reserve in East Gippsland.
[2][3] The surrounding intertidal mudflats form an important feeding habitat for thousands of migratory waders that visit Corner Inlet each year.