Rainbow Beach

Fraser Island

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February 27th 2009
I booked a small group tour to Fraser Island for 3 days 2 nights, camping. Yes, as far as I can remember this was to be my first camping experience. I do remember a neighbor asking me to go camping in her back garden once when I was a child in Helensburgh. I turned Rachael down. I’ve always been a bit scared of camping in the open let alone the thought of no facilities, being unclean and dodg ... 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