Champagne Pools

Sand Safari

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May 21st 2007
Next on our list of things every backpacker should do while travelling down the east coast was a trip to Fraser Island - the worlds largest sand island! When we booked the trip all we knew was that it was a self drive trip and we would be sharing a 4x4 with 9 other random people also looking to complete their list of things to do. We left Airlie Beach and boarded a bus which was to be our home fo ... 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