FRASER ISLAND - A WORLD HERITAGE
Duration: 43 minutes

	World Heritage Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. It sits just off the coast of southern Queensland, and is the product of a millennia of migration by tiny granules of sand from further down the Australian coastline. Everywhere on Fraser island there’s a story to be told and local Ranger & Anthropologist, David Laycock shows us in exquisite detail, all about the island’s magical biology and Aboriginal heritage.
	Here we can watch lazily from one of the many whalewatching boats as Humpback Whales breach in Hervey Bay off Fraser Island. Fraser Island also has a special part to play in the migration pattern of the region's Humpback Whales. Every year, they choose Hervey Bay, which separates the island from the mainland, as a nursery and playground for their young calves. People flock in their thousands to Hervey Bay to watch the spectacular sight of whales leaping completely out of the sea in playful comradery, while our cameras capture every dramatic and fascinating move.
	Massive freshwater lakes make up a large part of the island which, due to its crystalline sand composition and bush sediment, retains water above sea level in what are known as Perched Lakes. The island is also home to the rare Green Tree Frog As it's done for centuries, the island's ecology changes rapidly. From barren sandy deserts it’s sometimes only a matter of a couple of hundred metres or so between a dry and sandy bush track to moist and colourful Rain Forests, home to a plethora or wildlife. With no other such sizeable land form like it in the world, Fraser Island has been declared a World Heritage Site.
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