An island possesses the rainforests, huge sand dunes and the biodiversity of wild flora and fauna.
Fraser island is located along the southern coast of Queensland, Australia. It is the world’s largest sandy island with an area of 1.840 km2. It is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage in 1992.
Being covered by the beaches and sand dunes, the island has a length ofc12 km and around 24 km in width.
People began to live on Fraser Island around 5000 years ago. The explorer James Cook passed by this island in May 1770 .
Just stepped on the island, visitors can immediately see the bushes growing in arc shape strangely on the sand dunes.
This is the Arch hill with a bright red color which is characteristic of the sand (which contains tannins). Some dunes here can reach at over 200m. Moreover, the sand on Fraser island is extremely fertile, plants grow very lush.
From the sandy highway of Seventy-Five Mile Beach on is an area just for four wheel drive. Here, there are hundreds of sandy trails joining lakes, tropical forests and other natural landscapes.
To look down from above, visitors can rent a plane for sightseeing at Cathedral Beach, Happy Valley and Orchid Beach.
The red sea water like that can be often seen after a summer storm. It is caused by tannin dramatically rising.
Starlight reflecting off Lake McKenzie, one of dozens of lakes on Fraser Island. During the daytime hundreds of tourists to Lake McKenzie enjoy the white sands and blue water of the lake.
The blending between Wathumba valley’s coffee and Platypus bay’s jade green.
Stone is a rare form on a sandy island. This stone is located in the northern Fraser Island and formed by volcanic lava a few million years ago.
On Fraser Island, you’ll find that the nature makes differences each season – spring wildflowers, bright days of summer, autumn colors and the desolation of winter.
Fraser Island is famous for low- foliage trees growing naturally on the sand ,not soil.
Banksia is a tree species which characterizes for Fraser. This is one of the old trees remaining on the island. Banksia was named after the British biologist, Joseph Banks, who visited the east coast of Australia in 1770.
Fraser Island is the place for many mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Saltwater crocodiles also live here.
Cooloolensis Litoria is a frog which is capable of living in high-acidity water. It is one of the rare frog species on the island.
Coming to Fraser, tourists not only get a break in the luxury resort but also sleep under the starry sky. Staying in the resort with eco-friendly in which visitors can enjoy massage services, cocktail parties and meals in restaurant or relax alone at the beach which is in front of the house covered by lands, shrubs and wild animals.
Tourists can also book hotels and villas far away the shore, but could still see the sea. To enjoy yourself with nature, tourists can pitch tents at the campsite in the Central Station, Boomanjin Lake, Lake McKenzie, Dundubara, Waddy Point, Wathumba, Dilli Village or Cathedrals beach.
Travel to Fraser Island even once where there are the rare and majestic scenery to understand why the natives, the island’s masters called Fraser Island as K’gari, it means heaven.
