Strangler fig wrapping it's tendrils round a tree

11th February 2008

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February 12th 2008
11th February 2008 Today we spent the day on Fraser Island, one of the largest sand islands to be found anywhere in the world (the 4th largest). It is 120km long and an average 15km wide and at it's highest point is 225m above sea level. A very large sand dune indeed. We had to drive from Maryborough to River Heads (just outside Hervey Bay) to catch a ferry to the island. At the entrance to the l ... 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