Our flag on Fraser island

Sand, lakes and hangovers on Fraser Island

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July 25th 2005
I left Noosa on Saturday morning, on a 3-day tour to Fraser Island. The island is the biggest sandy island in the world, and it's unbelievable to see how much life - Flora and Fauna you find on sand. Many travellers are going to this island on self drive tours, and I was afraid to find myself with a group of "oldies", but fortunately I found myself to be the "oldie" (except for Mark our great driv ... read more

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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