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The dingo population on Fraser Island is the most genetically pure
in the world.
Unfortunately, feeding of the dingos by tourists has led
to these wild dogs being completely unafraid of coming too close-for-comfort
(one snuck up 6 feet behind me as i was looking at shells at the
shoreline).
In the late 90s, a 9-year-old boy was mauled to death
by a pack just 50 feet from his campsite,
not to mention the famous case of Lindy Chamberlain
whose baby was eaten by a dingo 25 years ago
[for full details, see the Meryl Streep movie, A Cry in the Dark].
i saw 4 dingos in 3 days.
Not all wildlife sightings were so life threatening.
I lucked out and saw 4 humpback whales migrating up the coast
-
my first ever wild whale spotting.
It was quite amazing to watch them breach up out of the water from
the shoreline.
There are plenty of non-living things to see on Fraser too.
The towering coloured-sand cliffs of the Cathedrals wind into turrets
and spires.
The carcass of the Maheno, a one time luxury liner blown
ashore in a cyclone in 1935,
eerily haunts the beach.
You could float down the fast-flowing clear waters of Eli Creek.
There are also a bunch of fresh water lakes for swimming - which
is recommended -
since the ocean waters surrounding Fraser are shark infested and
have fierce undertows.
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