WWF urges marine park funding boost

Last Update: Unknown

Environmental groups are calling for more resources to protect marine parks... more...

Sea cages out, shellfish in: new marine park zoning revealed

Last Update: Wednesday, 19 April 2006

Fish farming will be heavily restricted and conservation areas increased in the Wide Bay�s coastal waters, under the State Government's new zoning plan for the Great Sandy Marine Park... more...

Sunfish mulls legal action against marine park zoning plan

Last Update: Tuesday, April 18, 2006. 10:23am (AEST)

Recreational fishing lobby group Sunfish has announced it will consider a legal challenge against the Queensland Government's new Great Sandy marine park zoning plan... more...

Great Sandy Strait zoning plan revealed

Last Update: Tuesday, 18 April 2006

Intensive sea cage aquaculture will be prohibited in the Great Sandy Marine Park under the zoning plan released by the state government... more...

Fantastic Fraser Island offer

Last Update: Monday, 3 April 2006

If you have always wanted to see the lakes, rainforests and beaches of Queensland�s Fraser Island, now is the time. Multi-award-winning Kingfisher Bay Resort is giving... more...

Aussie police search effort ´absolutely minimal´

Last Update: Wednesday 22nd March 2006. 7:20am (AEDT)

A GRIEVING Bromley woman has criticised Australian police after her missing brother's body lay undiscovered for two-and-a-half years. more...

Stinger was unlikely to be irukandji

Last Update: Thursday Mar 9 08:42 (AEDT)

A 22-year-old Queensland man was "incredibly unlucky" to be stung on the face by a jellyfish but it was unlikely to have been an irukandji, a marine researcher said. more...

Prominent Aboriginal activist laid to rest

Last Update: Monday, January 30, 2006. 12:48 AEDT

A funeral has been held in Brisbane for the prominent Queensland Aboriginal activist, John Dulungdalee Jones.
He was 72 years old.
Mr Jones was from the Dalungbara tribe which covers Fraser Island off the south-east Queensland coast. He was well known for his unsuccessful legal challenge to have the island recognised as Aboriginal land under native title. more...

QPWS seeks Inskip Pt camping quota

Last Update: Tuesday, January 3, 2006. 11:06am (AEDT)

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) says it will consult regular campers, council and locals before restricting the number of people allowed to camp at Inskip Point, near Fraser Island. more...

Fraser Island group says funds needed for world heritage plan

Last Update: Tuesday, November 1, 2005. 2:00pm (AEDT)

The Fraser Island Association says it will not support the proposed expansion of the south-east Queensland island's world heritage area unless the State Government provides enough money to maintain it. more...

Visiting Queensland's Fraser Island

Last Update: Friday, October 21, 2005

“See that flock of crested terns up there, do you know what they are called when we drive by?” more...

Police target Fraser Island drivers

Last Update: Tuesday, April 19, 2005. 9:39am (AEDT)

Police have stepped up their presence on Fraser Island to push the message that dangerous driving will not be tolerated. more...

Telstra yet to receive approval for third CDMA base station for Fraser Island

Last Update: Tuesday, 12 April 2005. 14:23 (AEDT)

Telstra says it is waiting for environmental approvals before it can build a third CDMA base station to improve mobile phone coverage on Fraser Island. more...

Signs to boost Fraser Island tourist safety

Last Update: Tuesday, February 1, 2005. 2:31pm (AEDT)

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will add extra signs and information for walkers on Fraser Island by the end of the month. more...

Pushing the boundaries for Red Ochre Me

Last Update: Wednesday, August 6, 2003.

The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service will add extra signs and information for walkers on Fraser Island by the end of the month. more...

Invisible Voices

Last Update: Tuesday, July 2, 2002. 2:31pm (AEDT)

A survey exhibition of work by Hervey Bay-based Fiona Foley is showing audiences the strength of one of Queensland´s most important Indigenous artists. more...

Wild Times Call at 9

Last Update: Wednesday, March 27, 2002.

Wild Times Call, an exhibition of recent work by Fiona Foley, will be presented by Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. more...

About Fraser Island's World Heritage Listing

Last Update: Unknown

Fraser Island was World Heritage Listed in Dec. 1992 in recognition of the island's indigenous/traditional ownership, rainforests, exceptional sand dune systems and its pristine freshwater lakes. The UNESCO... more...

DOWN UNDER SPECIAL Paradise found

Last Update: April 08 2006

GIVE us a look at that bite," said Phil, leaning down to inspect Tracy's arm. "Ah yes. I see it. It's a nasty one alright. But don't worry... more...

Swept up by the sands of time

Last Update: February 10 2006 14:33

It's a Robinson Crusoe moment. I'm alone on a tropical shore watching a sea eagle preening his feathers. Suddenly... more...

Fraser Island - Encyclopedia Britannica Article

also called  Great Sandy Island,   island off the southeastern coast of Queensland, Australia more...

World Heritage Sites - Fraser Island

Last Update: August 1997

Indepth article on Fraser Island taken from the World Heritage Site more...

Fraser Island - Travel Story

Is it safe to swim out there? Are there any sharks?" I ask the park ranger. "Sharks?... more...

Fraser Island Facts

Fraser Island is situated on the eastern coast of Queensland. Fraser Island is a beautiful assortment of sand dunes, beaches, lakes and rainforests. more...

Fraser Island Facts

Fraser Island, is the worlds largest known sand island, being 124 kilometres long, covering an area of 165,280 hectares, and rising to a height of 235 metres. more...

Fraser Island From Wikipedia

Last Update: Thursday, March 23, 2006. 11:51pm (AEDT)

Fraser Island, is the worlds largest known sand island, being 124 kilometres long, covering an area of 165,280 hectares, and rising to a height of 235 metres. more...