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DERM UPDATE - For more information on four-wheel-driving on Fraser, permits, road conditions and closures in the Great Sandy National Park.

23/01/12 - Summertime Deals On Fraser Island
Spend Australia's national day soaking up the outdoors on one of the country's top tourism icons - Fraser Island.  Kingfisher Bay Resort has a range of Aussie-themed activities to make your Australia Day more than memorable.

22/11/11 - Spend Summer On Fraser Island
QUEENSLAND: While you can’t put the world’s largest sand island in your Christmas stocking, you can choose to holiday in World Heritage-listed wilderness on Fraser Island this summer with two great deals from Eurong Beach Resort and Kingfisher Bay Resort.

04/11/11 - A Touch Of Summer On The Seabelle Menu
FRASER ISLAND: Summer has come a little early to Kingfisher Bay Resort’s award-winning restaurant, Seabelle, with the launch of their new seasonal menu.

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We'll help you discover the charm of Fraser Island with this selection of stories...

Islands In The Sun... Rediscovering Lady Elliot and Fraser Islands
All too often we are so preoccupied with the destination, that we forget the journey.

Developing A Dream... Naturally
It sounds like a developer's greatest challenge or a nature lover's nightmare - take a pristine, but well loved spot in one of the world's last remaining wild areas and build a smart resort that brings in the discerning tourist, but doesn't harm a hair on Mother Nature's sweet head.

Hooked On Fraser
As the black and white leviathan circled the boat, bobbing up occasionally to stare at me with soulful eyes, I found it hard to believe that, when it came to biology, this giant sea-creature had more in common with me than it did with the barramundi I’d scoffed during last night’s dinner.

An Australian Wilderness Experience
We stroll along an Australian beach with no one on it as a huge sea eagle soars overhead and rainbow bee-eaters dine on insects in flight.

Where The Wild Things Are
Whales aren’t the only wildlife smart enough to hang out around on Queensland ’s Fraser Coast – there are many others that call this year-round sanctuary home.

The Natural Choice For A Holiday
If your idea of a great holiday is really getting away from it all and relaxing in a natural paradise, then salvation is close at hand at Queensland's Hervey Bay and neighboring Fraser Island.

A Driving Ambition
Driving along Queensland's Fraser Coast, one word comes to mind - magic. The Fraser Coast combines the charms of yesteryear with World Heritage natural beauty.

Get On Track On Fraser Island!
To ensure you make the most of your four-wheel drive experience on Fraser Island, the following tips may be useful - even for the experienced wheelie.

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16/12/11 - Fraser Island Goes Festive - snippets for slow news days over Christmas
QUEENSLAND: Spend your festive break day-tripping on Fraser Island – there are plenty of activities to keep the whole family amused over the summer holidays... and you don’t need a four-wheel-drive to enjoy them.

07/11/11 - $150 'Resort Cash' Back With Your Fraser Island Holiday
Fraser Island, Queensland:  Kingfisher Bay Resort’s latest seasonal deal is putting cash back into pockets at a time of year when it is needed most. Every guest that books a three-night ‘Freestyling on Fraser Island’ package on the world’s largest sand island will receive $150 credit to spend on tours, activities or meals at the resort.

04/11/11 - MEDIA CALL: Flight To Fraser Island Will Help Regional Aussies With Disabilities
Early tomorrow morning a Qantas 737 will take to the skies and head the 1500km north, from Sydney to Hervey Bay, on the ultimate day trip to World Heritage-listed Fraser Island.  But it’s not just any day trip! Monies raised on this ‘ultimate FUNdraising day out’ will benefit the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, with last year’s flight raising over $100,000!

14/10/11 - A Prized Night For The Kingfisher Bay Resort Group
According to Kingfisher Bay Resort’s Group General Manager – the hard work and dedication of his staff, through a couple of extremely tough years in tourism, has paid dividends as the group took out two awards at tonight’s Fraser Coast Tourism Awards.

10/10/11 - Calling All Day-trippers: FUNdraising Flight From Sydney To Fabulous Fraser Island
QUEENSLAND: It’s been billed a day trip with a difference – and with good reason.  There’s just under a month to go until a Qantas 737 takes to the skies and heads 1500km north, from Sydney to Hervey Bay, on the ultimate day trip to World Heritage-listed Fraser Island.

06/10/11 - Fraser Island Touring Update - 1000
We commend the Queensland Fire Service, the Rural Fire Brigade members and our own team who have worked tirelessly to contain a fire in the National Park.

04/10/11 - Fraser Island Update - 1030
We commend the Queensland Fire Service, the Rural Fire Brigade members and our own team who have worked tirelessly to contain a fire in the National Park.

03/10/11 - Fraser Island Update - 1700
FRASER ISLAND: The Queensland Fire Service, the Rural Fire Brigade from Hervey Bay and resort staff members, who maintained a vigil at the resort last night, have continued to work through the day to contain a bush fire in the Great Sandy National Park.  Kingfisher Bay Resort Group General Manager, David Hay, said that the situation on the island had improved in the last few hours as a result of back burning and an improvement in weather conditions.

03/10/11 - Fraser Island Update - 1030
FRASER ISLAND: We can confirm reports that a Fraser Island bush fire is currently north-east of the resort's boundary fence in the Great Sandy National Park.
The Queensland Fire Service, the Rural Fire Brigade from Hervey Bay and resort staff members have worked tirelessly through the night to contain the blaze.  Back burning on the resort’s boundary last night was successful and four aerial crews are water bombing the fire - which is currently a couple of kilometres to the north east of the resort.

29/09/11 - 100,000 More Reasons To Visit Queensland's Fraser Island
QUEENSLAND: The world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island will be immortalised in latex and card and effectively beamed into scratchie-selling newsagencies around the country with the launch of the $2 ‘Island Dream’ Instant Scratch-Its series from October 1.

23/09/11 - Whale Encounters Still Tonnes Of Fun In Hervey Bay
FRASER ISLAND, QUEENSLAND: There's just over a month to go until the tail end of the whale watching season in the calm waters off Hervey Bay, but the on-the-water whale encounters - with new whales and old favourites - are still as spectacular as ever.

07/06/11 - Retreat To Fraser Island This August
Power through winter and into the second half of the year with a Yoga Retreat and Wellness Weekend at Kingfisher Bay Resort from August 12-14.  Or for a more upbeat pace, Bluedog Photography has teamed with the resort to release a three-day intensive photographic retreat from August 26-29.

06/06/11 - Humptastic Hervey Bay: For A Limited Time Only
Hervey Bay’s salty sea dogs reckon they know a thing or two about Humpback Whale watching – and after twenty years of taking guests from the around the world out to watch them, we think they do too.

26/05/11 - Bundy Urged To 'Reach Out' For The Forget Me Not Orphans
FRASER COAST: When Jon Stevens and his band Noiseworks launched their chart-topping ‘Touch’ album back in 1988 – little could the rocker have known that, some twenty-three years later, the lyrics to the title song of his album would strike a chord with orphaned children half way across the world.

17/05/11 - The Ultimate Queensland Wildlife Encounter (International release)
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: Fraser Island is the world’s largest sand island and is as famous for its golden sandy beaches and four-wheel-driving adventures as it is for its pure-bred dingoes.  But each August there’s another animal which swims in to steal the limelight and provide the ultimate in Australian wildlife encounters - Hervey Bay’s famous Humpback Whales.

16/05/11 - The Early Bird Catches A Whale Of A Deal
HERVEY BAY:  They’re on the move!  The first Humpback Whales of the season have already been spotted heading north past Fraser Island, on their way to their breeding grounds in North Queensland.  It’s an early start, which bodes well for a bumper whale watching season during their return journey in August.

13/05/11 - Fraser Coasters 'Reach Out' For The Forget Me Not Orphans
FRASER ISLAND: When Jon Stevens and his band Noiseworks launched their chart-topping 'Touch' album back in 1988 – little could the rocker have known that, some twenty-three years later, the lyrics to the title song of his album would strike a chord with orphaned children half way across the world.

11/05/11 - Tour Queensland's Fraser Island For Free
QUEENSLAND: They say the best things in life are free... but up our way it's the biggest things!  From now until July 31 if you book and stay three nights or more at Kingfisher Bay Resort on the world's largest sand island - Fraser Island - you'll get a day's touring for free.

19/04/11 - Big Hearts Can Change Lives
How do you place a value on a child’s smile? 
FRASER ISLAND: Come Saturday, June 4, two hundred strangers and a dedicated team of volunteers on the Fraser Coast will help reshape the lives of 60 orphan girls in Nepal and Uganda by attending the first annual Kingfisher Bay Resort Charity Ball – benefitting Lars Olsen’s unforgettable Forget Me Not Children’s Homes (FMNCH) in Nepal and Uganda.

13/04/11 - Once In An Easter Moon On Fraser Island
FRASER ISLAND: Forget the ‘Moon in June’- April’s full Moon promises to put on quite a show for guests and visitors at Kingfisher Bay Resort over the weekend in the lead up to the Easter holidays.

01/04/11 - Sandtastic Savers On Fraser Island
HERVEY BAY: Stay longer on Queensland’s Fraser Island this April and you’ll pay less for accommodation at Kingfisher Bay Resort.  You'll also have more time to discover the island's perched lakes, ancient rainforests and more than 1500km of tracks in this sandy paradise.

31/03/11 - An Outstanding Lass In The Kitchen
The knives were out in Central Sydney earlier this week - but in a good way - as the who’s who of Ultimo TAFE’s culinary students were recognised for their outstanding efforts... and one of Fraser Island’s finest was among their number.

24/03/11 - These Guides Are Truly Certifiable
FRASER ISLAND:  Some of their passengers may have long suspected it, but it’s now official – eleven local Fraser Explorer Tour Guides, Cool Dingo Tour and Kingfisher Bay Resort Ranger Guides are officially ‘certifiable’… having just completed a nationally-accredited Certificate IV in Tourism Guiding - and another five guides are well on their way.

14/03/11 - Winter Weddings On Fraser Island
QUEENSLAND:  World Heritage-listed Fraser Island is simply stunning in winter – offering brides-to-be temperate climes, blue skies, sunny days and perfect wedding pictures – and making it an ideal choice for an outdoor winter ceremony.

06/03/11 - Kingfisher Bay Resort Announces New Executive Appointments
FRASER ISLAND: Kingfisher Bay Resort on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island has appointed Ben Van Lierop as Resort General Manager, Jeremy Nordkamp as Executive Assistant Manager and Christina Lando as Business Development Manager Regional Queensland and Northern NSW. 

27/02/11 - Fraser Island On The World's Stage
FRASER ISLAND has been under the international spotlight this week, thanks to several high profile media visits with the combined potential to showcase Fraser Island to a massive international audience.

14/02/11 - Fraser Island: The Natural Choice In Conferencing
FRASER ISLAND: It’s not unusual for Kingfisher Bay Resort conference delegates to arrive on the world’s biggest sand island by air, land or by sea.  Some choose to fly in and land on Seventy-Five Mile beach and make tracks by four-wheel-drive to the resort, while others have arrived by helicopter, sail boat, catamaran or private charter.

08/02/11 - Spend Your Five-Day Easter Weekend On Fraser Island
FRASER ISLAND: Eager Easter Early Birds can save 30% off Kingfisher Bay Resort’s published rates on April Easter breaks if they book prior to February 20.  Hotel Resort accommodation on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island is on sale for $149 per room, per night twin or $199.50 for a two-bedroom villa, per night (sleeps 4).

28/01/11 - Give In To Temptation This Valentine's Day
FRASER ISLAND'S wedding bushes may not be in flower on February 14, but romance will be well and truly blooming on the world’s largest sand island this Valentine’s Day.

20/01/11 - Relax, Rejuvenate and Recharge On Queensland's Fraser Island
QUEENSLAND: A day on Fraser Island is like a week anywhere else… and with that in mind the Kingfisher Bay Resort Group has a range of packages and day trips on World Heritage- listed Fraser Island designed to help relax, rejuvenate and recharge those batteries.

19/01/11 - New Look Dinner Cruisin' To Fraser Island
FRASER ISLAND: Take advantage of the long summer nights ahead with a cruise across the Great Sandy Strait and dinner on Fraser Island.

07/01/11 A Weekend Yoga Retreat In World Heritage Wilderness
FRASER ISLAND: Cast off your post-Christmas blues and start 2011 in the pursuit a healthier lifestyle.  Sydney-based Skye LifeStyle will host the inaugural Kingfisher Bay Resort Yoga Retreat at the award winning eco resort, on Fraser Island’s western side, from 18 - 20 February.

06/01/11 Queensland's Fraser Island Is Open For Business
FRASER ISLAND: It has been a devastating start to the New Year for many Central and Western Queenslanders and Fraser Island’s close knit community sends thoughts and prayers to those in flood-affected regions. The closest flooding to the Fraser Coast and Fraser Island is in Bundaberg, which is a one-and-a-half hour drive north from Hervey Bay.

04/01/11 Fraser Fun In The Summer Time
FRASER ISLAND: During the summer holidays it’s easy to grumble that you have nothing to do.  But with long, lazy January days ahead, you’ll have all the time in the world to explore the world’s largest sand island – Fraser Island.  We’ve got some ideas to get you started.

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