Fraser Island is 123 km long and 22 km wide (at the widest point) and covers and area of 184 000 hectares, making it the largest sand island in the world!

Fraser island is a place of exceptional beauty, with its long uninterrupted white beaches flanked by strikingly coloured sand cliffs, and over 100 freshwater lakes, some tea-coloured and others clear and blue all ringed by white sandy beaches. Ancient rainforests grow in sand along the banks of fast-flowing, crystal-clear creeks.

Fraser Island is the only place in the world where tall rainforests are found growing on sand dunes at elevations of over 200 metres. The low “wallum” heaths onthe island are of particular evolutionary and ecological significance, and provide magnificent wildflower displays in spring and summer.

The immense sand blows and cliffs of coloured sands are part of the longest and most complete age sequence of coastal dune systems in the world and they are still evolving.

They are a continuous record of climatic and sea level changes over the last 700 000 years. The highest dunes on the island reach up to 240 metres above sea level.

The Great Sandy Strait, separating Fraser Island from the mainland, is listed by the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention).

The wetlands include: rare patterned ferns; mangrove colonies; sea-grass beds; and up to 40,000 migratory shorebirds. Rare, vulnerable or endangered species include dugongs, turtles, Illidge’s ant-blue butterflies and eastern curlews.

With its lush rainforests, towering hardwood forests, endless golden beaches and crystal clear freshwater lakes and streams, Fraser Island is a precious natural wonder. This stunning world heritage listed paradise is also home  to Australia’s most pure Dingo blood line as well as many other species of Australian wildlife.

Koalas use Fraser Island companies who are privileged to have been granted permission to locate their base camps on land owned by the islands traditional owners, the Batjala people. A number of the elders live on the island and will often share stories and insights into Aboriginal culture with their guests. The base camps offer a permanent tent site with covered BBQ cooking facilities (all crockery, cutlery and utensils provided), access to fresh water showers and toilets and is the only location on the island where you can enjoy an evening swapping stories around a real camp fire.