Fraser Island Discovery: Fraser Island Tours - 186 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville QLD 4566 T (07) 5449 0393 email: info@thediscoverygroup.
com.
au
Heading to Indian Head Fraser Island
While many tourists would tell you how ‘stunning’ Fraser Island is and how...
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Fraser Island Discovery: Fraser Island Tours - 186 Gympie Terrace, Noosaville QLD 4566 T (07) 5449 0393 email: info@thediscoverygroup.
com.
au
Heading to Indian Head Fraser Island
While many tourists would tell you how ‘stunning’ Fraser Island is and how many times they have
returned to it, most of them will fail to answer should you inquire about technical stuff, like how in
the world could a huge rainforest thrive on sands? Why it is listed as a World Heritage site and
what does it even mean? Or why there are lots of freshwater than saltwater.
For starters, Fraser Island became a World Heritage in 1992 after voted by the UNESCO World
Heritage Committee, which is composed of 21 state parties of which are elected by General
Assembly.
Showing signs of continuous ecological and biological changes, the world-renowned
location is the biggest sand island on the planet and uniquely the only place in which rainforest
grows on sand.
Over a thousand years, the deposited sand has provided an
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