Fraser Island

Fraser Island is the World's Largest Sand Island and is World Heritage Listed. It is located off the North east Coast of Australia and is most easily accessed from the beach towns of Hervey Bay (where the is an airport with flights to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane) or Rainbow Beach. I took a 3 day, 2 night self drive 4x4 group tour organised by Palace Backpackers in Hervey Bay. There were 10 people in my group, and after a lot of safety videos, instruction about how to drive the van and checking everyone's driving licenses (you had to be over 21 with a full driving license) we were off! Fraser Island is huge and there is so much to see so the ...  Read the complete review

Fraser Island is a beautiful island off Queenslands coast. If you're planning on driving you'll need a 4 wheel drive though as it is a sand island. You are able to camp behind the sand dunes for a small fee, and this is an experience that will be remembered. If this isn't your style, there are also various resorts and hotels offering different types of accommodation. There's lots of local wildlife to see, such as the dingos, which at times can be a little too friendly (make sure if you're camping you lock any food away, and bins or the dingos will help themselves). There are some great inland lakes and streams that run out to the ocean which simply must be see. They're ...  Read the complete review