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The Most Beautiful Australian Islands Everyone Should Visit

Australia’s got no shortage of islands, but what really gets you is how totally different they are from one another. Take K’gari (Fraser Island)—it’s basically a giant sandbar, but somehow there’s pockets of rainforest and these stunning clear freshwater lakes that catch you off guard. Then you’ve got the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, which feel properly remote, the kind of quiet where you think nothing’s touched it for ages. Some islands are all about wild animals and wide open spaces, a few have these little slices of history lying around, and others just move slower, like time’s forgotten them. It’s not the Australia most people picture straight away, but it’s definitely there. 8 Beautiful Australian Islands You Need to Visit 1. K'gari, Queensland UNESCO heritage listed K’gari, (Fraser Island) measures about 75 miles (120km) long and 15 miles (25km) wide, which makes it the world’s biggest island made entirely from sand. It holds a