Fraser Island
Fraser Island
Fraser Island is
found off the coast of Queensland.
It
is 125km long and over 160,000 hectares in the area. This sub tropical
island has many natural wonders including beautiful rainforests, clean
lakes, endless surf beaches, cliffs of coloured sand, crystal clear and
large stretches of mangroves.
Fraser
Island has had over 200 species of birds along with a variety of
mammals, wallabies, snakes, possums, turtles and flying foxes.
There
are many dingoes on the island as well and people are asked not to feed
them.
Fraser
Island has many trees such as the huge satinay and brush box, kauri
pines, piccabeen palms and the rare angiopters fern which is one
of
the largest ferns in the world. All these grow in pure sand!
Fraser Island was formed during the ice age when winds blew sand from NSW and deposited it along the coast of Queensland.