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Fraser Island

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August 28th 2010
We stayed in Pippies Hostel where we’d booked the tour from and it was a nice and friendly place. We went to Fraser Island in self-drive 4WDs with 11 other backpackers and a leader car with a guide to ensure safe driving. Tag along tours are the new thing for Fraser Island as you now need a guide to follow driving as there had been some bad accidents. Stuart had his go at driving and had fun dod ... 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