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Fraser Island
Trip Planning & Itineraries
It is said that all the sand from the eastern coast of Australia eventually ends up at Fraser Island, a gigantic sandbar measuring 74 miles by 9 miles (120km by 15km) and created by thousands of years of along-shore drift.
Seen from the coast this beautiful enigma appears to be too lush to be the world's biggest sand island, but the island's diverse ecology is one of the many wonders of the place.
Suggested Itineraries: Fraser Island
Rain forests and some 200 freshwater lakes dot the landscape, and dunes, known locally as 'sandblows,' tower up to 735 feet (224m) tall, reminding you that the island contains more sand than the Sahara desert (allegedly).
Offshore, whales, dolphins, sharks and turtles can often be seen from high points. If the dunes, the forests, the lakes, the birds and mammals aren't enough, gaze up at the night sky. With little light behind you, the Milky Way blazes bright.
- Plan Fraser Island vacations on Yahoo! Travel
- Australia hotels from PlanetWare
- Hotels in Hervey Bay from HotelsCombined.com
- Local news from the Fraser Coast Chronicle
