#321
sarah pugh
2009-01-12
great place love the coloured sands
Take a trip to Fraser Island
Wind down your window and throw away your normal city roads and suburban worries. Fraser Island will teach you all about wide open pristine spaces, unspoilt beauty, lush rainforests, stunning freshwater lakes and the exhilaration of driving on sand, not monotonous bitumen.
The world’s largest sand island is a haven for adventure. Explore in your own 4WD or take a tour bus or even a H3 Hummer. Tackle the inland bumps and humps through towering satinay trees, abundant forest and picturesque sand dunes. Enjoy an invigorating swim in the emerald waters of Lake Wabby where Hammerstone Sandblow forms a wall of sand at its base. Lake Mackenzie shines sapphire blue, blessed with shores of snow-white sand.
On the quiet side of the island, blend seamlessly with nature at the award winning eco resort, Kingfisher Bay Resort and village. They offer a range of accommodation, restaurants, tours and activities. On the eastern side of the island, 4WD enthusiasts, fishermen and families enjoy campsites with rolling surf views and endless kilometres of sand highway.
Shipwrecks and sheltered bays flash by your window but be sure to stop and enjoy the view. Climb Indian Head and gaze down upon schools of fish, sharks, dolphins, rays and turtles, enjoying their own sea safari. They are probably having just as much fun as you.
Getting there:
Access to Fraser Island is from Hervey Bay or Rainbow Beach.
Hervey Bay is located 290km north of Brisbane and accessed by road, rail and air. TravelTrain has regular Tilt Train services into Maryborough with direct connections to Hervey Bay on the TrainLink coach.
By train:
To book your Tilt Train rail adventure call Traveltrain Holidays on 1800 627 655.
Further information:
Kingfisher Bay run vehicle barges from River Heads, about 15mins north of Maryborough on the road to Hervey Bay. The barge crossing from River Heads to Kingfisher Bay, Fraser Island, takes approximately 45minutes.
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Voters Comments
sarah pugh
#322
Robert Kaden
2009-01-12
A shadow of it's former self of 30+ years ago pre-tourism but still the most beautiful place on earth. Pristine surf beaches, beautiful quiet beaches, crystal clear ranforest streams and the most picturesque freshwater lakes anywhere in the world. If you visit please look after it, every year millions don't.
#323
Sarah Pugh
2009-01-12
my first ever camping trip was at dundaburra.asnd i also got engaged there when i went for dinner one night great place great memories
#324
Amanda Nickson
2009-01-12
An amazing place - rainforest growing out of sand looks unreal! Creeks so crystal clear. Fantastic! Must see
#325
Damien Saint
2009-01-12
heaven on earth
#326
Sandra Dibbs
2009-01-12
The most accessible piece of magic in the whole of S.E. Queensland...stay a weekend or a week, you'll keep going back time and time again!
#327
Bevan Brett
2009-01-12
We always take our overseas visitors to Fraser Island.Every visitor leaves the island with a new appreciation of nature and amazed at the scenery.
#328
elaine Mathieson
2009-01-12
A place that I never get sick of visiting. Just love the Island and all that he has to offer. Doesn't matter whether you just visit for the day or stay a week.
#329
Marian Burridge
2009-01-12
Whether it's a day trip, a weekend, a week or more you will want to come back to this magic Island!
#330
Kathryn Coffey
2009-01-12
the waterways on fraser island are pristine and spectacular. a beautiful mostly untouched paradise