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Fluke Of Nature - Holidays Where The Whales Do On The Fraser Coast
FRASER ISLAND: Whale watching is one of the world's great natural experiences and nowhere is it as alluring as in the calm waters of Hervey Bay. <more>

11/08/08 - Green Thumb Tour To Fraser Island Now An Annual Event
Kingfisher Bay Resort has teamed up with ‘Gardening Guru' Colin Campbell to release a tour package to Fraser Island for lovers of the great outdoors. <more>

RECENT RELEASES
05/08/08 - By Jupiter! Fraser Night Sky Perfect For Star Gazing
The Milky Way and Jupiter will come under ‘close observation' at Kingfisher Bay Resort during a galactic gazing session with Astronomer Noeleen Lowndes and her high-powered Meade LX50 8inch Schmidt-Cassegrain computer driven telescope. <more>

 05/08/08 - Tour de Kangaroo Hops from Albury to Kingfisher Bay
A merry band of North Melbourne Football Club supporters have swapped their footy boots for bonnets - car bonnets that is - and a charity car bash which will see them fundraise their way from the Ettamogah Pub in NSW, through the outback, before arriving at their Fraser Coast finishing line this weekend. <more>

27/07/08 - The Art Of Architecture At Kingfisher Bay Resort
One of the architects behind the visionary design of Kingfisher Bay Resort will lead a tour of the property’s structural design and landscape when he arrives on the Fraser Coast next month. <more>

Fraser Island - Simply Fantastic This Autumn!
Autumn leaves may be slow to fall this year, but not so the prices on a ‘Fantastic Fraser’ holiday at one of the country’s leading ecotourism properties, Kingfisher Bay Resort.  For every room night booked from 1 April to 31 July the resort will give guests $50 back to spend on touring or meals. <more>

27/06/08 - Nature's Recyclers Prolific On Fraser Island
A fungus from North America might be the world’s largest but according to one of Australia’s leading fungi experts, Dr Tony Young, the fungi on Fraser are equally as impressive – with some 99% of the island’s plant life existing in a symbiotic relationship with fungi, in order to survive. <more>

01/06/08 - Island Dining For All The Family
Forget booking a baby-sitter or asking your parents to mind the kids next time you want to eat out, treat the family instead to a ‘wild’ night out on a twilight dinner cruise - with a fun twist. <more>

27/05/08 - Indigenous Training Program Hits The Right Note
The audience sat enthralled as the sounds of didgeridoo echoed around the wooden confines of Kingfisher Bay Resort’s popular Jetty Hut and drifted out to mingle with the mango-coloured sunset over the Great Sandy Strait.  And, as the last notes faded, they were drowned by the spontaneous applause of the assembled group – and the sunset suddenly came second best to the brilliance of the musician’s smile.  <more>

12/05/08 - The Guide's Guide To Fraser Island - Kingfisher Style!
Forget four walls and an office without a view, Kingfisher Bay Resort has put out the call out for would-be tour guides, with a penchant for the great outdoors, to don the khaki uniform and train to become Eco-Accredited guides on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. <more>

10-17 May 2008 - Wing Your Way To The Fraser Coast For Bird Week
From May 10-17 the who's who of the bird watching fraternity will flock to Queensland's Fraser Island to bump binoculars with eagle-eyed twitchers during the annual 'Bird Week' festivities at Kingfisher Bay Resort.  <more>

01/05/08 - New GM For Kingfisher Bay Resort
Kingfisher Bay Resort on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island has appointed Tony Barradale as General Manager and Fiona Barradale as Training Manager at the award-winning ecotourism property. <more>

28/03/08 - Kingfisher Bay Resort 'Switched On' For Earth Hour
It won't quite be a case of lights out, but power usage will be dimmed and trimmed at Kingfisher Bay Resort, from 8pm this Saturday, March 29, in support of Earth Hour. <more>

27/03/08 - 'Abzorbing' Entertainment At Kingfisher Bay Resort
A troupe of Aboriginal teenagers from Arnhem Land - known as the Chooky Dancers - ruled the roost at Kingfisher Bay Resort last night as they performed their version of Zorba the Greek, with a unique chook-like shuffle, much to the delight of guests. <more>

21/02/08 - New Sat Nav System For Fraser Island's Ambulance
Fraser Island's First Responders have 5000 good reasons, or more precisely one satellite navigation system, six emergency lighting beacons, a data projection system and three emergency shelters, with which to thank local members of the Hervey Bay Lions' Club. <more>

07/02/08 Kingfisher Bay Resort 'Know How' On Show
Kingfisher Bay Resort's ecotourism 'know how' will be showcased to a group of Maldivan Government officials, arriving on the Fraser Coast this weekend, as part of an aid project aimed at marrying Australian expertise with international operators. <more>

30/01/08 Green Thumbs Up For Fraser Island Tour - NOW SOLD OUT
Local 'Gardening Guru' and perenially popular 4BC radio entertainer, Colin Campbell, reckons keen gardeners who miss out on his upcoming guided group tour to Fraser Island will literally be green with envy. <more>

16/01/08 A Little Valentine's Day Sweetener At Kingfisher Bay Resort
This February 14, Kingfisher Bay Resort is calling on lovers of gastronomy, good deals and romance to get into the spirit of Valentine's Day with an intimate accommodation and dining experience on Fraser Island. <more>

08/01/08 - Double The Dealing On Fraser Island This Summer!
Kingfisher Bay Resort is offering savvy holiday makers twice the summer fun on Fraser Island for half the price, with the newly released Double Up on Fraser deal. <more>

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