The title is from a folk song. Looking across Moreton Bay to Moreton Island on this dawn day, one might believe that this line refers to the beauty of the place, alas it is more sinister - I quote the appropriate verse.

I've been a prisoner at Port Macquarie
At Norfolk Island and Emu Plains
At Castle Hill and at cursed Toongabbie
At all these settlements I've been in chains
But of all places of condemnation
And penal stations in New South Wales
To Moreton Bay I have found no equal
Excessive tyranny each day prevails

The days of excessive tyranny have long since faded, but every morning the beauty remains