#581
Samantha Leonard
2008-12-29
Pristine beaches and gorgeous lakes. What a beautiful experience for young and old.
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
Samantha Leonard
#582
Celia May
2008-12-29
Before the area was closed to public access we visited Platypus Bay. What a fantastic spot. It has to be one of the best areas out of the many that make up Fraser Island.
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Josephine Pavicic
2008-12-29
Beautiful beaches and great place to do fishing with the children.
#584
Donna Dorries
2008-12-29
What a wonderful spot! Great place to take the family camping.
#585
helen taylor
2008-12-29
A place of contrasts. We saw frogs the size of a small thumbnail,gasped at the magnificent rainforest and enjoyed the many natural adventures of walking and water activities.
#586
Reno Tieppo
2008-12-29
This island is just one of the world's best and it's just a small step away from Brissie.
#587
Daphne Hegarty
2008-12-24
It is one of the nicest spots we have been to
#588
Carlie McKenzie
2008-12-24
Lake Mackenzie is one of the most beautiful places in the world, the whole island is amazing, words cannot describe the feeling of being on such a pristine beautiful place.
#589
Arnold Krost
2008-12-23
My Family and I have been alone or with Friends several times on Fraser Island and found it every times intriging and enchanting again. You can't get bored onthis magic place, name a few things bushwalking, fishing,swimming in the cristal clear lakes ....e.t.c. I hope that others will have the same fun then we had and will have in the future on Fraser Island. Merry X-Mas and a Happy New Year From Arnold
#590
Guillaume Noe
2008-12-23
Fraser is an icon in Queensland, and a must do for locals and visitors. I specially liked lake Mac Kenzie, and the peaceful feeling I experienced there.