Any visitor to Fraser Island is in for a scenic treat. The island is famous for its magnificent stands of pristine rainforest that have withstood the rigours of a past logging industry and a history of sand mining. Its large number of perched and window lakes are amazing and its ocean beach is almost endless. Some of its best loved natural attractions include Lake Mackenzie with its white silica sand beaches, Wangoolba creek, Eli Creek, The Maheno shipwreck and the Cathederal coloured sand cliffs. At the northern end, Indian Head and the Champaign Pools are frequently visited. Fraser Island is also a National Park containing a wide variety of native flora and fauna. It is the home of the huge Satinay tree which provides the world’s hardest hardwood. So hard it was actually used to line the banks of the Suez Canal when it was built. The population of Fraser Island Dingoes that remain here are the most pure of the Dingo breed still in existence.

Fraser Island has a history including a long relationship with Australia’s indigenous Aborigines who called it K’Gari which means paradise. In early European times, a number of shipwrecks occurred, one of which gave the island its name when a woman by the name of Eliza Fraser became an unwilling resident of the island and lived for several years with the local Aboriginals before being rescued. Everything taken into account, Fraser Island is one of Australia’s best and most interesting places to visit.