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Fraser Island

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July 7th 2010
WOW....what a fantastic place is Fraser Island, which is part of the Great Sandy Marine Park in QLD. Listed as a World Heritage site in 1992 for its natural features which include lake, soil and forest systems; evolving dunes, unique landscapes and sand-blows; which form when strong onshore winds break through the vegetation cover, driving sand from the eroding dunes and then engulfing forests in ... 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