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75 Mile Beach  

In the great tradition of many Australian place names, 75 Mile Beach on Fraser Island, was so named because it is approximately 75 miles long. Due to the constant movement of sea and sand, it's not always exactly 75 miles long, but then, ‘75.173 Mi ...

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Basin Lake Track  

No visit to Fraser Island is complete without visiting Central Station, which was the centre of forestry operations on the island until the 1960s. There are historic displays, old machinery and buildings, but the gem for bushwalkers is via a small ac ...

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Central Station  

Originally established as a forestry camp when there was logging on Fraser Island, Central Station's beautiful rainforest area houses a display explaining the development of the island and its various flora and fauna, an information centre and picnic ...

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Eli Creek  

Eli Creek, the largest creek on the eastern beach of Fraser Island, pours up to four million litres of clear, fresh water into the ocean every hour. Eli Creek is a popular picnic and swimming spot, with a boardwalk that follows the creek inland thro ...

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Fraser Island Great!Walk  

The stunning Fraser Island World Heritage Area is the setting for the Fraser Island Great! Walk that winds for 90 kilometres between Dilli Village and Happy Valley. Towering rainforests, crystal-clear lakes, coloured sands and vast sand dunes are jus ...

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Fraser Island, Great Sandy National Park  

Fraser Island, Great Sandy National Park is a wonderland which can take days to explore. Fraser Island, a World Heritage area, features huge dunes, wide ocean beaches and mighty rainforests growing on sand. Explore the rich cultural history of the Bu ...

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Lake McKenzie  

There are many different aspects to Fraser Island, but the awe-inspiring beauty of Lake McKenzie makes it probably the most visited natural site on the island. It is a ‘perched’ lake, which means it contains only rainwater, no groundwater, is not ...

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Lake Wabby  

Lake Wabby is relatively close to the ocean side of Fraser Island and unlike the other lakes, it supports several varieties of fish. It is known as both a window lake and a barrage lake. Window lakes form when the ground level falls below the water t ...

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Lake Wabby Track  

The world's largest sand island, Fraser Island is an area of remarkable natural beauty. It was listed as a World Heritage Area in 1992. Lake Wabby is the deepest lake on Fraser Island. Its shore lies at the advancing edge of the Hammerstone Sandblow. ...

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Maheno Shipwreck  

The Maheno, the most famous of the Fraser Island wrecks, was driven ashore just north of Happy Valley during a cyclone in 1935. Once a well-known trans-Tasman liner, the Maheno was bound for a Japanese wrecking yard when she met her stormy end. Toda ...

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Rainbow Gorge - Kirra Sandblow Circuit  

Walk through low coastal scrub and sheltered cypress forest to the coloured sands at Rainbow Gorge on World Heritage Listed Fraser Island. The highlight is the eerie lunar landscape of Kirra Sandblow where a spring-fed stream creates small sand form ...

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The Cathedrals  

The Cathedrals on Fraser Island are coloured sand cliffs that have been sculptured by the wind and rain blowing in off the Pacific Ocean. The colours - red, brown, yellow and orange - are spectacular and are best viewed in the early morning light. Th ...

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