English navigator James Cook, who sailed along this coast in 1770, was the first European known to have sighted Fraser ... to beach themselves on what was then known as the Great Sandy Island.

Authorities pushed Fraser Island's bushfire warning to emergency level late on Sunday and told residents in Happy Valley, on the island's east coast, to leave immediately as temperatures soared ...

Rangers say it has been five years since the last brumby sighting on K'gari (Fraser Island ... on the heritage-listed sand island off Queensland's east coast. "Over time, horses were removed ...