A warning sign declared, "NO ENTRY, 4WD ONLY", and to drive the point home, what had only moments before been a good tar road suddenly turned into the bumpiest stretch of road I have ever been on. Backpacks went flying through the air, people were thrown from their seats and all fifteen of us roared with laughter over the thrumping stereo bashing out tunes from the driver's ipod song library. The long suspension travel on the 4WD bus accentuated every undulation in the road. Welcome to Inskip Point, the closest point between the Australian mainland and Fraser Island. Fraser Island is the largest island in the world made entirely from sand. At 127 Km long and up to 24 Km wide, it is thought ot have formed from sediment washed into the ocean by Australia's southern
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