Australian Traveller

FAMILY FUN ON FRASER ISLAND


A soundtrack of birds flittering above harmonises with the tinkle of the spring-fed stream.

THERE IS something undoubtedly special about Fraser Island. Not a simple special but ‘touch-your-soul life-affirming’ special. The philosopher du jour, Alain de Botton explores this particular type of ‘special’ in his book . The Swiss-born scribbler takes himself off to the Sinai desert to ‘feel small’. He is so touched by the landscape as it “provoked an identifiable feeling that was

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