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K'gari (/ ˈ ɡ ɑː r i / GAH-ree, lit. ' Paradise '), [3] also known by its former name Fraser Island, [4] is a World Heritage-listed sand island along the south-eastern coast in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia.
March 6, 1948 – A tropical cyclone flattened the Johnston homestead on Vanderlin Island and caused the island to be split into three separate islets. [4] March 19–26, 1948 – A tropical cyclone existed to the south of the Solomon Islands. [12] March 24, 1948 – A tropical cyclone recurved over Fraser Island. [3]
The lake is located on Fraser Island (also known as K'gari and Gari) in the Great Sandy National Park. [1] Lake Boomanjin is considered the largest perched lake in the world, meaning that the lake floor is above the water table. [2] [3] It is one of 40 perched lakes on Fraser Island, all of which make up half of the known perched lakes in the ...
Inskip Point is shown on Topo map sheet of Fraser Island, just south of Hook Point. Inskip Point is a peninsula in the north of the locality of Inskip to the north of the town of Rainbow Beach in south-east Queensland, Australia. [1] It is the vehicular gateway to K'Gari (formerly known as Fraser Island) via a barge service. [2]
K'gari (formerly Fraser Island) is a locality on the island of the same name in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] The island of K'gari (previously known as Fraser Island) [3] is divided into two localities: this K'gari locality consisting of most of the land, and the locality of Eurong on the east coast of the island.
Lake McKenzie (Boorangoora) is a perched lake on K'gari or Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia. [1] The lake is located in the Great Sandy National Park. The lake is located 6.2 km southeast of Kingfisher Resort. It is 1,200 metres long and up to 930 metres wide. It is approximately 80 hectares (200 acres) in area.
Sandy Cape Light is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on Sandy Cape, the most northern point on K'gari, Queensland, Australia.It stands about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of the northeastern tip of the island.
Born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, Sinclair fought for thirty years to protect Fraser Island, and succeeded in stopping logging of the island's rainforest, and sand mining by multinational corporations. [4]