Fraser Island is an island located 200 kilometres north of Brisbane.
Its length is 120 kilometres, width 24 kilometres.
The island is considered to be the largest sand island in the world at 1840 km². (It is also Queensland's largest island, Australia's sixth largest island and the largest island on the East Coast of Australia.)
It is made up of sand that has been accumulating for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock that provides a natural catchment for the sediment which is carried on a strong offshore current northwards along the coast. Unlike many sand dunes, plant life is abundant due to the naturally occurring mycorrhizal fungi present in the sand.
Above: spotted a Dingo from the bus
Listening to Slim Dusty's "G'day G'day" and learning about flavour-savers
A major landmark of Fraser Island is the shipwreck of the S.S. Maheno.The S.S. Maheno was originally built in 1905 in Scotland as a luxury passenger ship.
In 1935, the ship was declared outdated and on 25 June 1935 the ship was being towed from Melbourne when it was caught in a strong cyclone. A few days later, on 9 July 1935 she drifted ashore and was beached on Fraser Island. During the Second World War the Maheno served as target bombing practice for the RAAF and was used as an explosives demolition target by special forces from the Fraser Commando School. The ship has since become severely rusted, with almost three and a half storeys buried under the sand.
Above: swimming with turtles
Above: another (pretty dangerous) Dingo just chilling in a garden