Buddha

A sand island and a cattle station

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November 29th 2007
Fraser Island is the worlds largest sand island and is formed by two limstone rocks gathering sand according to the tides and currents. It continues to grow at a rate of 1 metre a year. We were fortunate to visit this magnificent world heritage site by means of a 4WD safari/camping trip over a two night, three day period. Becs S and only one other guy volunteered for driving out of 11, we were in ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more