Lake MacKenzie

It's The Largest Sand Island In The World!

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November 6th 2011
So I have finally moved away from Cairns a-woo-hoo! Not that I didn't love it there but it was definitely time to move on. For the last week I have been travelling down the East coast, not spending too much time in each place but just enough to appreciate the sea (that you can't swim in) and the beach. My first stop was Magnetic Island which was cool, I staying in this hostel which is li ... 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