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Fraser Island

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March 19th 2010
Our next stop was Rainbow Beach for Fraser Island, the biggest sand island in the world. We had a 16 hour coach journey to get there and we opted to travel through the night, which actually meant that the journey went really quickly. I didn't sleep solidly the whole night through, but I definitely slept for a fair few hours. We had a night in Rainbow in a lovely B&B (the hostels were all full) ... 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