Loggers Cabin on Fraser Island

Fraser Island

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April 18th 2007
Caught tour over to Fraser Island. One of only two ways of getting there. Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. Fast facts: Has over 44 freash water lakes. These lakes are blue, blue, blue with beautiful white silica sand. Yes it has all of the usual snakes and spiders. The beach on the eastern side is 90 km long and is and is the National highway, and local airstr ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Hervey Bay » 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