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Great Sandy National Park

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A unique feature of Great Sandy National Park is the coloured sands, which are formed by old sand mixed with clay into a consolidated mass. The visible hues include red, brown, and yellow, which are a reflection of the iron-rich minerals embedded in the sands for thousands of years and brought to the
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Access to Fraser Island ideally requires a high-clearance 4WD vehicle. Parts of the Cooloola section are also inaccessible without a four-wheel drive. Vehicles entering the park need to obtain a vehicle permit for both Fraser Island and the Cooloola Recreational Area. Both sections have numerous
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grows in sand is on K'Gari (formerly known as Fraser Island). The sand island has coloured sand cliffs on its eastern beach and numerous walking tracks from short
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in the north and covers 184,000 hectares (450,000 acres). The K'Gari section (formerly known as Fraser Island) encompasses almost all of the world's largest
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Great Sandy National Park is divided into two sections. The Cooloola Recreation Area section is situated on the coast between
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Permits are required to camp in the park. About 15 camp sites are in the Cooloola section. Only
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K'Gari also has more than 100 freshwater lakes including the largest perched lake in the world,
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Looking up at a rainforest in the Great Sandy National Park, Cooloola, facing east
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Southern Cooloola, Great Sandy National Park: Frequently Asked Questions
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are popular visitor activities. On Fraser Island is the 90 km long
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population or leaving food or rubbish that may attract them.
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and non-motorised vessels are permitted past Campsite 3.
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offers fishing, sailing, and canoeing opportunities.
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Index

Queensland
IUCN category
national park

Great Sandy National Park is located in Queensland
Hervey Bay
Coordinates
25°02′43″S 153°12′36″E / 25.04528°S 153.21000°E / -25.04528; 153.21000
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Protected areas of Queensland
national park
Fraser Coast Region
Queensland
beaches
sand dunes
heathlands
rainforests
swamps
creeks
freshwater lakes
mangrove forests
Noosa Heads
Rainbow Beach
sand island
BirdLife International
Important Bird Area
black-breasted buttonquails
bush
beach stone-curlews
green catbirds

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