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Sandbanks on the coast of Whitsunday Island, Queensland, Australia (20°15’ S, 149°01’ E).Buccaneer archipelago, West Kimberley, Australia (16°15’ S, 123°49’ E).Uranium mines in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia (12°41’ S, 132°54’ E).
Gosses Bluff Meteoric crater, Northern Territory, Australia (23°50’ S, 132°18’ E).Barrier reef, Queensland, Australia (17°01’ S, 146°10’ E).Sand dune in the heart of vegetation on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia (25°17’ S, 153°12’ E).
Bungle Bungle National Park, Halls Creek, Kimberley, Australia (17°31’ S, 128°20’ E).Mount Trafalgar, Prince Regent nature reserve, West Kimberley, Australia (15°16’ S, 125°04’ E).Kakadu national park, Northern territory, Australia (13°00’ S, 132°30’ E).
Estuary crocodile, Buccaneer Archipelago, Kimberley, Western Australia (16°20’ S, 123°45’ E).Bungle Bungle National Park, Halls Creek, Kimberley, Australia (17°27’ S, 128°35’ E).Barrier reef, Queensland, Australia (16°55’ S, 146°03’ E).
Argyle diamond mine, Western Australia (16°43’ S, 128°23’ E).White Haven Beach at high tide, Queensland, Australia (20°15’ S, 148°01’ E).Transport of cattle, close to Kununurra, East Kimberley, Australia (15°46’ S, 128°44’ E).
Barrier reef, Queensland, Australia (16°55’ S, 146°03’ E).Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia (42°10’ S, 148°18’ E).Bowling Green Bay National Park, south of Townsville, Queensland, Australia (19°28’ S, 147°14’ E).
Charles Grimes Bridge and Webb Bridge over the Yarra River, Melbourne, Australia (37°49’ S, 144°57’ E).Hutt Lagoon : salt lake and algae ponds, Gregory, Western Australia, Australia (28°10’ S, 114°15’ E).Shark Bay, sandbanks in L’Haridon Bight, Peron Peninsula, Western Australia, Australia (26°03’ S, 113°43’ E).
Shark Bay, sandbanks in L’Haridon Bight, Peron Peninsula, Western Australia, Australia (26°03’ S, 113°43’ E).Shark Bay, sandbanks in L’Haridon Bight, Peron Peninsula, Western Australia, Australia (26°06’ S, 113°42’ E).Shark Bay, sandbanks in L’Haridon Bight, Peron Peninsula, Western Australia, Australia (26°12’ S, 113°43’ E).
Shark Bay, birridas (evaporative saline lakes), Peron Peninsula, Western Australia, Australia (25°58’ S, 113°41’ E).Shark Bay, Shell Beach in L’Haridon Bight, Peron Peninsula, Western Australia, Australia (26°12’ S, 113°45’ E).Shark Bay, Henri Freycinet Harbour, Western Australia, Australia (26°32’ S, 113°37’ E).



Sand dune in the heart of vegetation on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia (25°17’ S, 153°12’ E).
Fraser Island, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, was named after Eliza Fraser, a Scottish woman whose ship was shipwrecked near the island in 1836. At a length of 74 miles (120 kilometers) and a width of 9 miles (15 kilometers), it is the world’s largest sand island. Yet on top of this rather infertile substratum, a humid tropical forest has developed in the midst of which large active dunes intrude, moving with the wind. Fraser Island has important water resources, including nearly 200 fresh-water dune lakes, and has a varied fauna such as marsupials, birds and reptiles. Exploited for its wood (used in particular for the construction of the Suez Canal) since 1860, and for its valuable mineral deposits, the island was later coveted by sand mining companies during the 1970s. Now the tourist industry is beginning to develop on the island. Welcoming 400.000 visitors a year without damaging the local fauna and flora is a real challenge for sustainability of this island, which was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1992.

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