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AUSTRALIA - Queensland - Fraser Island

Fraser Island is a heritage-listed island located along the south-eastern coast of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) north of Brisbane. he island is considered to be the largest sand island in the world at 1,840 km2.  The island has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths. It is made up of sand that has been accumulating for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock that provides a natural catchment for the sediment which is carried on a strong offshore current northwards along the coast. Fraser Island is home to a small number of mammal species, as well as a diverse range of birds, reptiles and amphibians, including the occasional saltwater crocodile.
BEST TIME to VISIT FRASER Island

 

 

BEST TIME to TRAVEL to Australia
 
From April/May and
From August/September
 
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