TOP RELEASES FROM 2008
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13/11/08 - Kingfisher Bay Resort Wins Global Responsible Tourism Award
A holiday at Kingfisher Bay Resort on Queensland’s World Heritage-listed Fraser Island doesn’t just embrace the Aussie Beach lifestyle; it embraces the principles of responsible tourism – a fact that has helped the eco-tourism resort win ‘Best Large Accommodation Provider’ at the 2008 global Responsible Tourism Awards announced in London earlier this week.

13/10/08 - Third Night Free On Fraser Island This Summer
Kingfisher Bay Resort on pristine Fraser Island has combined the indulgence of resort pampering with four-wheel-drive adventure add-ons, in a summer deal that's as laid back as the holiday itself.

07/10/08 - Qantas' Dreamtime Fares Make Australia's Fraser Coast More Accessible
Qantas Airlines has announced Hervey Bay, the gateway to Queensland's World Heritage-listed Fraser Island, has been added as a regional stopover on the Dreamtime Plus airfares to Australia - allowing international travellers the chance to visit one of the world's most stunning holiday locations with greater ease.

30/09/08 - Lunch, Laughs And A Bit Of Agro With Jamie Dunn At Kingfisher Bay
Consummate funny man and larger-than-life media personality Jamie Dunn will prove he has more than just a ‘face for radio’ when he hosts the first Fraser Coast Chamber of Commerce lunch for 2008 at Kingfisher Bay Resort on Friday, November 21.

12/08/08 - Fluke Of Nature - Holidays Where The Whales Do On The Fraser Coast
FRASER ISLAND: Whale watching is one of the world's great natural experiences and nowhere is it as alluring as in the calm waters of Hervey Bay.

11/08/08 - Green Thumb Tour To Fraser Island Now An Annual Event
Kingfisher Bay Resort has teamed up with ‘Gardening Guru' Colin Campbell to release a tour package to Fraser Island for lovers of the great outdoors.

05/08/08 - By Jupiter! Fraser Night Sky Perfect For Star Gazing
The Milky Way and Jupiter will come under ‘close observation' at Kingfisher Bay Resort during a galactic gazing session with Astronomer Noeleen Lowndes and her high-powered Meade LX50 8inch Schmidt-Cassegrain computer driven telescope.

05/08/08 - Tour de Kangaroo Hops from Albury to Kingfisher Bay
A merry band of North Melbourne Football Club supporters have swapped their footy boots for bonnets - car bonnets that is - and a charity car bash which will see them fundraise their way from the Ettamogah Pub in New South Wales, through the outback, before arriving at their Fraser Coast finishing line this weekend.

27/07/08 - The Art Of Architecture At Kingfisher Bay Resort
One of the architects behind the visionary design of Kingfisher Bay Resort will lead a tour of the property’s structural design and landscape when he arrives on the Fraser Coast next month.

Fraser Island - Simply Fantastic This Autumn!
Autumn leaves may be slow to fall this year, but not so the prices on a ‘Fantastic Fraser’ holiday at one of the country’s leading ecotourism properties, Kingfisher Bay Resort. For every room night booked from 1 April to 31 July the resort will give guests $50 back to spend on touring or meals.

27/06/08 - Nature's Recyclers Prolific On Fraser Island
A fungus from North America might be the world’s largest but according to one of Australia’s leading fungi experts, Dr Tony Young, the fungi on Fraser are equally as impressive – with some 99% of the island’s plant life existing in a symbiotic relationship with fungi, in order to survive.

27/05/08 - Indigenous Training Program Hits The Right Note
The audience sat enthralled as the sounds of didgeridoo echoed around the wooden confines of Kingfisher Bay Resort’s popular Jetty Hut and drifted out to mingle with the mango-coloured sunset over the Great Sandy Strait. And, as the last notes faded, they were drowned by the spontaneous applause of the assembled group – and the sunset suddenly came second best to the brilliance of the musician’s smile.

12/05/08 - The Guide's Guide To Fraser Island - Kingfisher Style!
Forget four walls and an office without a view, Kingfisher Bay Resort has put out the call out for would-be tour guides, with a penchant for the great outdoors, to don the khaki uniform and train to become Eco-Accredited guides on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island.

27/03/08 - 'Abzorbing' Entertainment At Kingfisher Bay Resort
A troupe of Aboriginal teenagers from Arnhem Land - known as the Chooky Dancers - ruled the roost at Kingfisher Bay Resort last night as they performed their version of Zorba the Greek, with a unique chook-like shuffle, much to the delight of guests.

21/02/08 - New Sat Nav System For Fraser Island's Ambulance
Fraser Island's First Responders have 5000 good reasons, or more precisely one satellite navigation system, six emergency lighting beacons, a data projection system and three emergency shelters, with which to thank local members of the Hervey Bay Lions' Club.

07/02/08 Kingfisher Bay Resort 'Know How' On Show
Kingfisher Bay Resort's ecotourism 'know how' will be showcased to a group of Maldivan Government officials, arriving on the Fraser Coast this weekend, as part of an aid project aimed at marrying Australian expertise with international operators.

30/01/08 Green Thumbs Up For Fraser Island Tour - NOW SOLD OUT
Local 'Gardening Guru' and perenially popular 4BC radio entertainer, Colin Campbell, reckons keen gardeners who miss out on his upcoming guided group tour to Fraser Island will literally be green with envy.

08/01/08 - Double The Dealing On Fraser Island This Summer!
Kingfisher Bay Resort is offering savvy holiday makers twice the summer fun on Fraser Island for half the price, with the newly released Double Up on Fraser deal.