Struck IslandStruck Island is an island in the Shire of Douglas, Far North Queensland, Australia.GeographyThe island is in Alexandra Bay about north of the mouth of the Daintree River. It is offshore the locality of Thornton Beach. The island has an area of. It is about north of Port Douglas. It is within the Hope Islands National Park. It is administered by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.Aboriginal cultureThe Kuku Yalanji people have a tribal belief that Thornton Beach is a place which can stimulate fertility. It was once the practice for the young women of the tribe to spend time on Thornton Beach before they went to an offshore island to receive their tribal scars and other marks of womanhood and marriageability.