Over 120 kilometres long and an average of 15 kilometres wide, covering an area of 163,000 hectares, Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. It is remarkable for its 90 kilometres long surf beach, its chain of unique perched lakes, its vast sandblows and vegetation. 

There is prolific wildlife, mostly nocturnal, with possums, gliders, wallabies, goannas and dingoes considered to be the most pure strain in Australia. There are also wild horses, descendants of horses used last century to haul logs out of the forest. The variety of birdlife is immense and includes Australia's stork, the Jabiru. A unique species of tortoise can be found in many of the freshwater lakes.

Roads on Fraser Island are mainly sandy tracks, the beach or board covered roads and they can can only be properly negotiated by 4WD vehicles. For more information on how to get there, follow the link.

Fraser Island is a constantly changing mosaic of dense rainforest, long surf beaches with pure white sand, desert like sandblows and sand dunes, wildflower heaths, freshwater lakes and streams, towering trees and cliffs and gorges of coloured sands. 

Now listed as a World Heritage site, Fraser Island is recognised as being of universal significance as the largest coastal dune system and sand island in the world and for its special environments. 
As a precious part of Queensland's natural and cultural heritage, it is protected for all to appreciate, respect and enjoy.