In the driver's seat of a motorised buggy, Quandamooka woman Nyaree Mewett does the rounds of campsites on North Stradbroke Island, or "Straddie", off Brisbane and checks in on her guests.

This is her country and now the campground is officially hers too.

"Very proud, very proud — my grandparents, my elders, worked very long to be able to give us this opportunity," Ms Mewett said.

Quandamooka woman Nyaree Mewett is the campground manager for Straddie Camping. ( ABC News: Isobel Roe )

The traditional owner manages the island's Adder Rock campsite near Point Lookout, which was transferred from the Redlands City Council into the hands of the local Aboriginal corporation.

Ms Mewett comes from a long line of Quandamooka people who inhabited the pristine island as early as 25,000 years ago.

The Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation (QYAC) has run the island's eight campsites for the past five years with the help of government investment vehicle Indigenous Business Australia (IBA), but it has been able to buy out the IBA's $7 million investment.

It is a timely move in the wake of a changing economic climate on the island, following the Queensland Government's recent ban on sand mining.

Indigenous staff from Straddie Camping talk to visitors about the surf conditions at Adder Rock beach. ( ABC News: Isobel Roe )

The $70 million industry, which propped up the local economy, will close in 2019, taking with it dozens of employees based on the island.

QYAC chief executive Cameron Costello said he and other traditional owners were keen to expand the business to fill the gap in the local economy.

"Being able to go to a campground where you're actually welcomed in the first instance, when you pick up the phone, by an actual traditional owner, it's an unusual experience and one that people are really gravitating to," Mr Costello said.

The sand mine on North Stradbroke Island has been in operation since 1949. ( ABC News: Giulio Saggin )

Mr Costello said the camping business hired mostly local Indigenous people — many of whom were Quandamooka descendants — as housekeepers, groundskeepers and rangers.

"Being able to care for country and host visitors, it's really significant," he said.

"Where we were previously excluded from economic opportunities and excluded from caring for country — now we're empowered to invite people onto country."

The QYAC has already built permanent tent-like eco-cabins or "glamping" tents at the Adder Rock campground and is expanding the glamping set-up, where guests can stay in luxury tipi-style-tents for up to $350 a night in peak periods.

'Glamping' tents at Adder Rock campground on North Stradbroke Island. ( ABC News: Isobel Roe )

IBA chairman Eddie Fry said the Quandamooka takeover was a good investment and a success story.

"As we got closer and closer to exiting the investment, it was very clear that the Quandamooka people had become very efficient at what they were doing," Mr Fry said.

"There's a very real chance of the Quandamooka people … getting a very nice return on their investment."

The QYAC also plans to expand two of its campgrounds as part of a Queensland Government strategy to transition the island away from sand mining and into a majority tourist economy.