"Sandy Cape Sandy Cape is the most northern point on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The place was named by James Cook during his 1770 voyage up the eastern coast of Australia aboard the ""Endeavour"". To the south the next two ocean headlands are Waddy Point and Indian Head which was also named by Cook. The cape is protected within the Fraser Island section of the Great Sandy National Park. BreakSea Spit extends about 30 km north of Sandy Cape. Nesting loggerhead and green turtles use the remote, sandy location as a rookery. Nighttime driving along the"
"Icons of Queensland for its role as a ""Natural attraction"". Fraser Island is separated from the mainland by Great Sandy Strait. The southern tip, near Tin Can Bay, is situated to the north of Inskip Peninsula. The most northern point of the island is Sandy Cape where the Sandy Cape Light operated from 1870 to 1994. The establishment of the lighthouse was the first permanent European settlement on the island. The nearest large town to Fraser Island is Hervey Bay, while Maryborough and Bundaberg are also close by. The bay on the north east coast is called Marloo Bay and"
"Great Sandy National Park Great Sandy National Park is a coastal national park in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The park features untouched beaches, large sand dunes, heathlands, rainforests, swamps, creeks, freshwater lakes and mangrove forests. Great Sandy National Park is divided into two sections. The ""Cooloola Recreation Area"" section is situated on the coast between Noosa Heads in the south and Rainbow Beach in the north and covers . The ""K'gari (Fraser Island)"" section encompasses almost all of the world's largest sand island, Fraser Island, situated north of Rainbow Beach, covering . The land within the park is"
"an extensive network of weather stations around Queensland, including one at Sandy Cape in 1891. The cape is still used as a reference point for weather observations; however from May 2015, it has been downgraded to a daily observation, compared with the half-hourly observations at some other weather stations. Sandy Cape Sandy Cape is the most northern point on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The place was named by James Cook during his 1770 voyage up the eastern coast of Australia aboard the ""Endeavour"". To the south the next two ocean headlands are Waddy Point and Indian"
"great knots, grey-tailed tattlers, lesser sand plovers, pied oystercatchers, red-necked stints and red-capped plovers, as well as small numbers of the range-restricted mangrove honeyeater. Great Sandy Strait The Great Sandy Strait is a strait in the Australian state of Queensland of length which separates mainland Queensland from the World Heritage listed Fraser Island. The strait extends north from Tin Can Bay to Hervey Bay. The Mary River enters the strait at River Heads. It covers an area of 932 km. Tourism and commercial fishing are the two main industries that are active within the Strait. Boating and fishing are also"
"Hervey Bay or Inskip Point north of Rainbow Beach, or by chartered flight via Maroochydore Airport. The station is accessible either by four-wheel drive or by a long hike. The light was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 1998. Sandy Cape Light Sandy Cape Light is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Sandy Cape, the most northern point on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. It stands about southwest of the northeastern tip of the island. It is the tallest lighthouse in Queensland. Built in 1870, it is the second major lighthouse to be built in Queensland after its formation in"
"Sandy Cape Light Sandy Cape Light is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Sandy Cape, the most northern point on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia. It stands about southwest of the northeastern tip of the island. It is the tallest lighthouse in Queensland. Built in 1870, it is the second major lighthouse to be built in Queensland after its formation in 1859. It is one of the first lighthouses in Australia to be constructed using bolted prefabricated segments of cast iron, and one of only two such lighthouses in Queensland, the other being its sibling, Bustard Head Light. The Government of"
"other places along the Australian coastline to see whales. Fraser Island (K'gari) The island is considered to be the largest sand island in the world at 1840 km2. It is also Queensland's largest island. Fraser Island has been inhabited by humans for as much as 5,000 years.The island has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths. The island can be reached by a ferry from River Heads (South of Hervey Bay) to Kingfisher Bay and Wanggoolba Creek or Inskip Point to north of Rainbow Beach to Hook Point, or by chartered flight from"
"Nelly Island Nelly Island is the largest and easternmost of the Frazier Islands, lying in Vincennes Bay off Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. The Frazier Islands were delineated from aerial photographs taken by US Navy's Operation Highjump in February 1947. Nelly Island was visited on 21 January 1956 by a party of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) who established an astronomical control station there. It was so named by ANARE because of the giant petrels, or nellies, nesting there. The island forms part of the Frazier Islands Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.160 because it supports one of only"
"Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in the Australian state of Queensland located on land and coastal waters associated both with the local government areas of the Fraser Coast Region and the Gympie Region and Fraser Island, and with the bay known as Hervey Bay. The biosphere reserve was described by UNESCO in 2016 as:The Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve is located in the Southeast Queensland Bioregion in eastern Australia. Renowned for its cultural and ecological significance, the reserve contains the Great Sandy Strait, a Ramsar-listed wetland, and Fraser Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site."
"Inskip Point Inskip Point is a peninsula to the north of the town of Rainbow Beach in south-east Queensland, Australia. It lies between Tin Can Bay to the South West and Great Sandy Strait to the North and curves back towards Rainbow Beach and the Coral Sea to the East. The southern tip of Fraser Island, Hook Point lies some 1,200 meters north of Inskip Point, the northern tip of the peninsula. Two ferry services run between Inskip Point and Hook Point during daylight hours. The black-breasted buttonquail, a restricted-range endemic buttonquail, was once found in sand-dunes on the peninsula."
"Great Sandy Strait The Great Sandy Strait is a strait in the Australian state of Queensland of length which separates mainland Queensland from the World Heritage listed Fraser Island. The strait extends north from Tin Can Bay to Hervey Bay. The Mary River enters the strait at River Heads. It covers an area of 932 km. Tourism and commercial fishing are the two main industries that are active within the Strait. Boating and fishing are also pursued for recreation. Each year in June the Bay to Bay yacht race is sailed on the Great Sandy Strait. A complex landscape of"
"V. The islands are protected under the Antarctic Treaty System as Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No.160 because they support the largest of only four known breeding colonies of southern giant petrels on continental Antarctica. Frazier Islands The Frazier Islands are a group of three rocky islands - Nelly, Dewart and Charlton - in the eastern part of Vincennes Bay, East Antarctica, west-north-west of Clark Peninsula, and 16 km offshore from Australia's Casey Station. The islands were first photographed from the air in the course of the US Navy's Operation Highjump, 1946–47. They were named by the Advisory Committee on"
"this vegetation rots. Methane is more than twenty times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than CO2(Carbon dioxide)."" The Great Sandy Strait depends on the Mary River to sustain its complex ecosystem. Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and is also of huge significance to Aboriginal Australian history. The Great Sandy Strait lies between the western fringes of World Heritage Listed Fraser Island and the south-east Queensland coast. Most of its eastern side is within the World Heritage Area and its beauty and unique ecology attract thousands of tourists annually. It is listed under the Ramsar"
"conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area.. Searcy Bay Conservation Park Searcy Bay Conservation Park is a protected area located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about south of Streaky Bay. It was proclaimed under the ""National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972"" in 2012 for the purpose of protecting ‘important breeding habitat for the eastern osprey (""Pandion cristatus"") and white-bellied sea-eagle (""Haliaeetus leucogaster"")’ and to provide ‘provide important habitat for threatened shorebirds and migratory birds, including the hooded plover (""Thinornis rubricollis""), sooty oystercatcher(""Haematopus fuliginosus"") and sanderling (""Calidris alba"").’ Its name is derived"
"The reserve incorporates the largest Sand Island and coastal sand mass in the world. The biosphere reserve was established in 2009 and its managing authorities are reported as being the Burnett Mary Regional Group for Natural Resource Management Ltd., the Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland), the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and the local government areas of the Fraser Coast Region and the Gympie Region. Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve is a biosphere reserve in the Australian state of Queensland located on land and coastal waters associated both with the local government areas of the Fraser Coast Region"
"island was declared a national park. Now almost all of Fraser Island is included in the Great Sandy National Park, which is administered by Queensland's Environmental Protection Agency. This was extended in 1992 when heritage listing was granted. Except for a few small urban areas the island is protected by a Wild Rivers declaration. Domestic dogs are not permitted on the island and fines can be given for non-compliance. The ban, first applied in 1981, is imposed so that the island's dingo population is not exposed to diseases. In 2010, the management of the park, particularly the treatment of dingoes"
"Searcy Bay Conservation Park Searcy Bay Conservation Park is a protected area located on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula in South Australia about south of Streaky Bay. It was proclaimed under the ""National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972"" in 2012 for the purpose of protecting ‘important breeding habitat for the eastern osprey (""Pandion cristatus"") and white-bellied sea-eagle (""Haliaeetus leucogaster"")’ and to provide ‘provide important habitat for threatened shorebirds and migratory birds, including the hooded plover (""Thinornis rubricollis""), sooty oystercatcher(""Haematopus fuliginosus"") and sanderling (""Calidris alba"").’ Its name is derived from Searcy Bay which itself is derived from Alfred Searcy. The"
"Lake Wabby Lake Wabby is a small freshwater, green colored lake. It is located in the Great Sandy National Park on the eastern side of Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The lake is directly adjacent to the Hammerstone Sandblow, which is slowly moving into the lake. Eventually it will disappear under the sand. Unlike most other lakes on Fraser Island which are too acidic, Lake Wabby provides habitat to several species of fish. 13 species have been identified. The lakes is both a window lake and a barrage lake. Barrage lakes form when water flows from a"
"four known breeding colonies of southern giant petrels on continental Antarctica. Nelly Island Nelly Island is the largest and easternmost of the Frazier Islands, lying in Vincennes Bay off Wilkes Land, East Antarctica. The Frazier Islands were delineated from aerial photographs taken by US Navy's Operation Highjump in February 1947. Nelly Island was visited on 21 January 1956 by a party of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) who established an astronomical control station there. It was so named by ANARE because of the giant petrels, or nellies, nesting there. The island forms part of the Frazier Islands Antarctic"
"natural spring are blocked by a sandmass. With a maximum depth of 12 m, it is the deepest lake on the island. Lake Wabby has cultural significance to the Butchulla people. The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service provides toilets, a walk-in camping area, a lookout and various walking tracks from the carpark to and around the lake. Lake Wabby Lake Wabby is a small freshwater, green colored lake. It is located in the Great Sandy National Park on the eastern side of Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The lake is directly adjacent to the Hammerstone Sandblow, which"
"Fraser Island Fraser Island (K'gari, Gari) is a heritage-listed island located along the southeastern coast of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. Known as Fraser Island, it is a locality within the Fraser Coast local government in the Wide Bay–Burnett region. Together with some satellite islands off the southern west coast and thus in the Great Sandy Strait, Fraser Island forms the County of Fraser, which is subdivided into six parishes. Among the islands are Slain Island, Tooth Island, Roundbush Island, Moonboom Island, Gardner Island, Dream Island, Stewart Island, and the Reef"
"are reported to nest on the coastal cliffs. Spittal Pond Nature Reserve Spittal Pond Nature Reserve is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Bermuda, located close to the Atlantic coast of Smith's Parish. Surrounding the third largest pond in Bermuda, Spittal Pond, it covers an area of . It is one of 13 parks or reserves managed by the Bermuda Department of Conservation Services which protects and conserves environmentally critical areas and habitats. The pond reserve, a wetland site, is one of the seven Ramsar Sites in Bermuda, which was approved on 10 May 1999 for the criteria (i, iii and"
"activity about 50 to 80 million years ago. Camping around the headland is not permitted. Climbing Indian Head provides 360° views as well as good wildlife spotting opportunities, Such as mantarays, sharks and whales. Indian Head (Fraser Island) Indian Head is a coastal headland on the eastern (ocean) side of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia. The landmark is the most easterly point on the island and a popular tourist destination. Indian Head is located at one end of Seventy Five Mile Beach. The headland was named by Captain Cook when he passed it on the evening of 19 May 1770,"
"Freycinet Island Freycinet Island is a small island () in Henri Freycinet Harbour, lying off the Carrarang peninsula in the southern part of Shark Bay, on the-west coast of Western Australia. It is an elevated limestone plateau with scree slopes, vegetated with nitre bush shrubland. Freycinet Island is one component of the Quoin Bluff and Freycinet Island Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds an important nesting colony of pied cormorants. Together with a similar colony on Quoin Bluff some 80 km to the north-west, it supports between 5000 and 10,000 birds - over"
"accumulating for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock that provides a natural catchment for the sediment which is carried on a strong offshore current northwards along the coast. Unlike on many sand dunes, plant life is abundant due to the naturally occurring mycorrhizal fungi present in the sand, which release nutrients in a form that can be absorbed by the plants. Fraser Island is home to a small number of mammal species, as well as a diverse range of birds, reptiles and amphibians, including the occasional saltwater crocodile. The island is protected in the Great Sandy National Park. Fraser Island"
"1% of the world population of the species. Small numbers of wedge-tailed shearwaters and silver gulls also nest on the island, and rock parrots have been recorded there. Freycinet Island Freycinet Island is a small island () in Henri Freycinet Harbour, lying off the Carrarang peninsula in the southern part of Shark Bay, on the-west coast of Western Australia. It is an elevated limestone plateau with scree slopes, vegetated with nitre bush shrubland. Freycinet Island is one component of the Quoin Bluff and Freycinet Island Important Bird Area (IBA), identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds an important"
"White's skink, white-lipped snake and tiger snake. Chalky Island (Tasmania) The Chalky Island, part of the Big Green Group within the Furneaux Group, is a unpopulated granite island with limestone outcrops and dolerite dykes, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island, in Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is contained within a conservation area and is part of the Chalky, Big Green and Badger Island Groups Important Bird Area. Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, pied oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant, Caspian tern and fairy"
"the summit. Mount Barney National Park Mount Barney National Park is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 90 km southwest of Brisbane. It amalgamated the adjacent Mount Lindesay National Park in 1980. It is part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance in the conservation of several species of threatened birds. Mounts Barney, Maroon, May and Lindesay rise majestically above the surrounding farmlands in Mount Barney National Park on the Queensland/New South Wales border. These rugged peaks are the remains of the ancient Focal Peak Shield Volcano which erupted 24"
"on very rare occurrences around Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast during the warmer season) but within recent years has been proven and observed more often. Crocodiles do not breed nor do they appear to have any permanent populations living on Fraser Island. Fraser Island forms part of the Cooloola and Fraser Coast Important Bird Area (IBA). There are over 350 different species of birds on the island. Birds of prey include sea eagles, peregrine falcon, osprey and kites. Other common birds include pelicans, terns, honeyeaters, gulls, kingfishers, kookaburra, owls, doves, thornbills, ducks, brolgas, and cockatoos. The island is"
"Mount Barney National Park Mount Barney National Park is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 90 km southwest of Brisbane. It amalgamated the adjacent Mount Lindesay National Park in 1980. It is part of the Scenic Rim Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance in the conservation of several species of threatened birds. Mounts Barney, Maroon, May and Lindesay rise majestically above the surrounding farmlands in Mount Barney National Park on the Queensland/New South Wales border. These rugged peaks are the remains of the ancient Focal Peak Shield Volcano which erupted 24 million years"
"Fraser Island (Nunavut) Fraser Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located at the mouth of Hudson Bay off Nottingham Island's northwestern tip. The closest community is the Inuit hamlet of Cape Dorset, to the northeast on Baffin Island. The island's habitat is characterized by tundra, inlets, coastal marine features, coastal cliffs, and rocky marine shores. Fraser Island is a Canadian Important Bird Area (#NU024), as well as a Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site (NU Site 46). Notable bird species include common eider as well as colonial waterbirds/seabirds. In 1965, the previously"
"Far North Queensland Far North Queensland, or Tropical North Queensland, is the northernmost part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Centered on the city of Cairns, the region stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf Country. The region has Australia's only international border, with the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. The region is home to three World Heritage Sites, the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics of Queensland and Riversleigh, Australia's largest fossil mammal site. Far North Queensland lays claim to over 70 national parks, including Mount Bartle Frere; with a peak of it is"