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Fears aired over Fraser Is paramedic numbers - Sep 22, 2008 ABC Online,A Fraser Island lobby group says it is only a matter of time until someone dies because of a lack of ambulance services on the world heritage listed island. Fraser Island residents fear ambo's day off - Sep 20, 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily,Fraser Island residents fear the lives of visitors will be put at risk if they’re unlucky enough to have an accident or mishap on the island during the Three-year-old attacked by dingo - Sep 17, 2008 Melbourne Herald Sun,Sustainability Minister Andrew McNamara is urging all visitors to Fraser Island during the September school holidays to be wary of the wild dogs. Sand chokes dingo grids on Fraser - Sep 24, 2008 Fraser Coast Chronicle,It's Fraser Island's version of quicksand. Build a grid a stone's throw from the beach and watch how quickly it fills up with sand. Fraser's magic sands - Sep 2, 2008 NEWS.com.au,We have just arrived at the Kingfisher Bay eco-resort on Fraser Island after a rather chilly 45-minute ferry ride from nearby Hervey Bay. Plea to watch for debris of yacht Blessed Be - Sep 10, 2008 The Australian,A scaled-back search involving two aircraft is continuing this morning 100 nautical miles offshore between Fraser Island and the Queensland-NSW border. Welcome to the luxurious poo farm - Sep 3, 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,But that's what you can expect on Fraser Island. The World Heritage-listed island is an environmentally sensitive destination and a national park. Fraser visitors urged to heed dingo warnings - Sep 21, 2008 Media Newswire (press release),Sustainability Minister Andrew McNamara has urged visitors heading to Fraser Island during the September school holidays to be dingo-safe. Calls for help fall on deaf ears - Sep 23, 2008 Fraser Coast Chronicle,Calls for a permanent ambulance service on Fraser Island haven't ruffled any feathers in State Government ranks. Fraser Island resident David Hay has been Fraser Island 4WD crash - Sep 2, 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily,A 23-year-old man and a 22-year-old man were airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital after their vehicle rolled on Fraser Island last night. Camaraderie by boaters at Lady Musgrave experience - Sep 23, 2008 Power Boat - World,The Great Sandy Straits inside Fraser Island was a real eye opener. You don’t realise how big that island really is until you run along side it. Down Under doozy - Sep 21, 2008 Chicago Tribune,...rustic farm stays, beach barbecues and overnights in rain-forest huts, as well as a sheep-shearing lesson and a four-wheel drive tour of Fraser Island. Wheely wonderful Fraser Coast - Sep 10, 2008 e-Travel Blackboard (press release),World Heritage listed Fraser Island covers an area of 184000 hectares and its mix of rainforests, wallum heaths, freshwater lakes and miles of beaches make Beach fees to hit residents' wallets - Sep 19, 2008 The Gympie Times,...if the proposed changes come into force and will be in line with the most expensive islands to drive on including World Heritage Listed Fraser Island. Cooloola 4WD permits anger tour operators - Sep 15, 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily,He said fees would mirror those at Fraser Island which are $37.10 for up to a month and $185.80 for up to a year. People who buy permits for Cooloola and Birthday bottle rides the waves - Sep 19, 2008 Cairns Post,In July 2006 a honeymooning German couple tossed the wine bottle, containing a message wrapped in plastic, to the mercy of the waves at Fraser Island. Australia suspends search for two yachtsmen - Sep 12, 2008 Radio Australia,The search has covered waters spanning from Fraser Island to Port Stephens in New South Wales, but has found no trace of their yacht, the 'Blessed Be'. Fence under fire again as dingo attacks girl, 3 - Sep 18, 2008 Fraser Coast Chronicle,A three-year-old girl playing on a beach south of Eurong on Fraser Island was attacked by an adult female dingo about 5.30pm on Tuesday. Inskip Point campers fear business takeover - Sep 5, 2008 Courier Mail,ORDINARY families could be priced out of Inskip Point camping near Fraser Island if the Queensland Government moves to commercialise the area. Man to front court over Fraser Is crash - Sep 2, 2008 ABC Regional Online,A 23-year-old man is due to face court over a single vehicle roll-over yesterday at Fraser Island, off the south-east Queensland coast. He writes what he doesn't know - Sep 24, 2008 Globe and Mail,He was in a swimming pool on Australia's Fraser Island when he got the Giller news, and celebrated by ordering a fancy drink with an umbrella in it ("a Stella appoints new Hervey Bay managers - Sep 3, 2008 e-Travel Blackboard (press release),...experience to their new roles in the Queensland holiday hotspot famed for its whale watching and proximity to World Heritage listed Fraser Island. Residents not fence-sitters - Sep 12, 2008 Fraser Coast Chronicle,The unrelenting views of more than 100 residents were aired at last week's meeting of the Fraser Island Community Advisory Committee, the body charged with Govt backs camping closure - Sep 9, 2008 The Gympie Times,Mr Elms said the QPWS last week closed the Central Station Campground on Fraser Island, again in response to a non-existent weather emergency. EPA monitors stranded minke - Aug 29, 2008 Media Newswire (press release),Minister for Sustainability Climate Change and Innovation Andrew McNamara said kayakers found the live whale stranded near Wathumba Creek on Fraser Island's Search for missing Uralla yachtsman and father of four is - Sep 11, 2008 Tamworth Northern Daily Leader,The scaled back search covers an area 100 nautical miles off shore between Fraser Island and the Queensland-NSW border. Mr Glasson, a businessman, Low key in Ukee - Sep 9, 2008 Canada.com,...harbour" in the Nuuchahnulth language) we speed to Jenny Reef where a solitary bald eagle takes flight and joins a partner on George Fraser Island. The Plantation Resort tempts travellers with terrific tariffs - Sep 1, 2008 e-Travel Blackboard (press release),...views from the resort to the northern side of Double Island Point, nestled just below the southern tip of World Heritage listed Fraser Island. 4WD tracks degrading beaches - Aug 31, 2008 Courier Mail,A FIFTH of World Heritage-listed Fraser Island foredunes have been destroyed by four-wheel-drive vehicles, prompting a call for limits to be set. Coast medicos saved our son - Sep 2, 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily,Stu Warren had expected to be fishing with his son Shannon near Fraser Island last Friday. Instead, he and his wife Jan were at Nambour General Hospital 4WDs to protest along the beach - Sep 18, 2008 The Gympie Times,Mr Elms recognised the good work the Minister did by reopening vehicular access to Hook Point on Fraser Island. "He did the right thing at Hook Point and we Quick thinking saves Blinky the minke - Aug 31, 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily,Quick thinking by a group of Sunshine Coast sea kayakers has saved a minke whale stranded on a deserted Fraser Island beach. The four-metre whale, Beach fan wants more public info - Sep 9, 2008 The Gympie Times,..."We pay a fee to go up to Fraser Island, but we don't do that for a day trip," Glenda said. "We've got to get a day pass system," she said, commenting on Bundy joins sea search - Sep 7, 2008 Bundaberg NewsMail,..."We made our way to Maroochydore and back to Sandy Cape (on Fraser Island) before coming back to Bundaberg," he said. The chopper's crew searched the area Tofino to install tsunami-alert alarms - Sep 2, 2008 Times Colonist,The seaside town of Tofino is installing air raid-like sirens to let surfers, campers and local residents know when a tsunami is headed their way. 4WD owners angry over beach access changes - Sep 3, 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily,4WD beach access permits of $37.10 a month or $185.50 for a year with a 20% discount for people who buy Cooloola and Fraser Island permits together. New 4WD beach management plan - Sep 2, 2008 Sunshine Coast Daily,Moreton and Bribie Islands where they cost $37.10 for a month and $185.80 for a year. Permits for Cooloola and Fraser Island will attract a 20% discount. Qld preserves Burke and Wills trees - Sep 1, 2008 The Age,...would need the landowner's blessing. A shipwreck site on Fraser Island is currently the only official "protected area" under Queensland's Heritage Act. A new future for Queensland tourism - Sep 10, 2008 Australasian Bus and Coach,..."Marketing of Queensland’s iconic destinations such as Noosa, the Daintree, Fraser Island, Port Douglas, will not in anyway be diminished. Ambulance cover fears for Kintyre - Sep 11, 2008 Campbeltown Courier,A LACK of cover in Kintyre means ambulances have to be sent from Tarbert or nearly 100 miles from Oban to help. Councillor Donald Kelly raised questions Manager appointment announced at The Plantation Resort - Sep 1, 2008 e-Travel Blackboard (press release),Situated at Rainbow Beach, the northern most point of the Sunshine Coast, The Plantation Resort is an ideal gateway to World Heritage listed Fraser Island. Search for missing yacht continues - Sep 11, 2008 Ninemsn,Four aircraft will continue the search between Fraser Island and the Queensland-NSW border for a missing yacht with two men on board. Recinti per proteggere i turisti dai Dingo a Fraser Island - Sep 22, 2008 ilTurista,I rangers di Fraser Island provvederanno ad abbattere il dingo, autore dell’attacco, se riusciranno ad identificarlo con certezza. Nel caso sarebbe il terzo Öfter nach Australien - Sep 22, 2008 openPR.de (Pressemitteilung),Ebenfalls neu ist eine Übernachtung auf Fraser Island, der weltgrößten Sandinsel. Details im neuen KIWI Magazin. Für unseren Australien-Klassiker „Traumzeit Länder - Menschen - Abenteuer Mit dem Zug zum Great Barrier Reef - Sep 17, 2008 NDR Online,Die Reise führt unter anderem zu den Walen vor Fraser Island. Auf Magnetic Island trifft das Team auf deutsche Forscherinnen, die sich um den Erhalt des Střed Země láká i po 150 letech - Sep 8, 2008 Lidovky.cz,Velkofilmová adaptace známé verneovky je solidní žánrovou podívanou pro mládež. Chybí jí však hloubka. Doslova. Od filmové podoby dobrodružné Cesty do Voyages, Voyages - Sep 2, 2008 Cinefacts,Auf Fraser Island, der größten Sandinsel der Welt und UNO-Weltnaturerbe, streift "Voyages, Voyages" mit einem Ranger und Naturfotografen über die Sanddünen [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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