Situated less than five kilometres off the Queensland coast, at the southern end of the Great Barrier
Reef and some 250 kilometres north of Brisbane (see Figure 1), Fraser Island is the largest sand island
in the world (166,283 hectares) and one of Australia’s iconic natural attractions. Inscribed on the
World Heritage List in 1992, the Island attracts approximately 300,000 visitors per year. This level of
visitation poses some significant environmental threats to the long-term preservation of the Island,
with visitors contributing to a range of environmental problems including erosion, litter disposal,
human-wildlife interactions and contamination of the Island’s freshwater resources.
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