Editing Great Sandy National Park (section)

== Features ==
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The Cooloola section contains the [[Cooloola Great Walk]], a five-day hiking trail. Boat tours and [[canoeing]] along the [[Noosa River]] are popular visitor activities. On Fraser Island is the 90&nbsp;km long [[Fraser Island Great Walk]].<ref name="figw">{{cite web |url=http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/great-walks-fraser-island/index.html |title=Fraser Island Great Walk |date=24 March 2014 |publisher=Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing |access-date=8 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082020/http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/great-walks-fraser-island/index.html |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
[[Lake Cootharaba]] offers fishing, sailing, and canoeing opportunities.

[[Whale watching]], fishing, [[Four-wheel drive|four-wheel]] driving, and [[hiking|bushwalking]] are also popular. The park also features two [[shipwreck]]s; the [[SS Maheno|SS ''Maheno'']] and the ''[[Cherry Venture]]''.<ref name="xqnp"/>

The only place in the world where tall [[rainforest]] grows in sand is on K'Gari (formerly known as Fraser Island).<ref name="xqnp"/> The sand island has coloured sand cliffs on its eastern beach and numerous walking tracks from short [[boardwalk]]s to longer walks, which cross [[sand volcano|sand blows]].

K'Gari also has more than 100 freshwater lakes including the largest perched lake in the world, [[Lake Boomanjin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fraserisland.net/fraserisland/images/brochures/FFLakes.pdf|title=The Lakes of Fraser Island|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824172836/https://www.fraserisland.net/fraserisland/images/brochures/FFLakes.pdf|archive-date=24 August 2018|url-status=live|access-date=24 August 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Lake Wabby]] is a popular swimming and fishing spot.<ref name="lwqh">{{cite web |url=http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/things-to-see-and-do/lake-wabby/index.cfm |title=Lake Wabby |work=Queensland Holidays |publisher=Tourism Queensland |access-date=9 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412141319/http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/things-to-see-and-do/lake-wabby/index.cfm |archive-date=12 April 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

A unique feature of Great Sandy National Park is the coloured sands, which are formed by old sand mixed with clay into a consolidated mass. The visible hues include red, brown, and yellow, which are a reflection of the iron-rich minerals embedded in the sands for thousands of years and brought to the surface by wind and water eroding the land.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/cooloola/culture.html|title=Natural environment|website=Queensland Government Parks and Forests|date=22 September 2010 |access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702111609/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/cooloola/culture.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:A170, Great Sandy National Park, Australia, Fraser Island, Lake Wabby, 2007.JPG|thumb|left|Lake Wabby]]