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 neighbouring Fraser Island

A three-hour drive or 40-minute flight north of Brisbane transports you into an official stress-free holiday zone, complete with sweeping golden beaches, safe swimming waters, aquatic adventures and an unspoilt island wilderness.

Hervey Bay's endless choice of safe, warm swimming waters offer families the ideal aquatic playground. Set along 20km of pristine calm-water beaches, the bay is a haven for swimming, sailing, boating, fishing, diving, water and jet skiing, windsurfing, and snorkeling.

Kondari Resort is one of the most popular destinations for visitors to Hervey Bay. Spread over 20 acres of tropical landscaped gardens and surrounding a natural lagoon, the resort features self-contained air-conditioned villas only a short walk from the shores of Hervey Bay.

Kondari Resort is ideal for families as it has a huge array of fun resort activities, including two swimming pools, half-court tennis and bike hire, and offers an in-house babysitting service plus a free kids club during school holidays. For the grown-ups, there is plenty of relaxing to be done by the pools and also a resort bar and restaurant for socialising and dining.

A wonderful holiday destination in its own right, Hervey Bay is also the gateway to the world's largest sand island and nature lover's paradise - Fraser Island.

The World Heritage-listed Fraser Island is an ecological masterpiece of giant sand dunes, rainforests, open beaches, freshwater streams and lakes and an exceptional range of unique flora and fauna.

For those looking for the ultimate island getaway, it is impossible to look past the award-winning Kingfisher Bay Resort where the days are spent lazing around the pool, sunning on the resort's private stretch of sand, fishing from the jetty or messing about in boats.

The resort has in previous years won the prestigious Australian Tourism Award for Environmental Tourism.  Fraser Island itself was voted one of the world's best beaches and Kingfisher Bay Resort named amongst Australia's top ten resorts by the US cable network's Travel Channel.

At Kingfisher Bay, you can do as little or as much as you want, with choices ranging from superb dining and indulgent massages and spas, to guided nature hikes and picnics.

Kingfisher Bay also caters for kids of all ages, with two swimming pools and adventures like fishing, canoeing, orienteering and night spotlighting around the resort.

To explore the island you can hire a four-wheel drive and take to the sand tracks on your own voyage of discovery. For those who want to sit back and have it all done for them, Kingfisher Bay Resort has an excellent range of daily ranger-guided four-wheel drive tours to choose from.

Once you have wheels, the island is yours to explore. A good starting point is the superb white sandy beach stretching for 75 miles on the eastern side of the island. This sweeping beach provides an endless horizon of sand fringed by the ocean and is home to some of the best surf fishing in Australia. Along the beach you will find one of the island's most visited attractions the wreck of the Maheno (formerly a WWI hospital ship) and the landmark rocky outcrops of Indian Head, Waddy Point and Middle Rocks.

Fraser Island has more than 100 lakes. The most popular for swimming and picnicking are the spectacular Lake McKenzie, Lake Wabby nestled at the edge of Hammerstone Sand Blow and the picture perfect Basin Lake.

The contrasts on the island are breathtaking - from the stark contours of the huge sand blows to the clear, fresh water creeks winding through ancient rainforests growing in sand.

For more information:

Kingfisher Bay Resort and Village
http://www.kingfisherbay.com/indexthree.html 
Jodi Clark - Media manager
Tel +61 7 3032 2809

Kondari Resort
http://www.kondari.com.au
Tel +61 7 4128 9702

Fraser Coast South Burnett Regional Tourism Board
http://www.frasercoastholidays.info/
Freecall  1800 444 155

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