Everybody that is coming around has the same goal : visit Fraser Island! 
Not many realize how big it is. It took me two or three trips there to understand how massive it is. Just to give you an idea, Fraser Island (1840 km² / population around 190) is more or less the same area as my native Island Guadeloupe (1628 km² / population around 400 000), but in a wild version... extremely wild!

None of the travelers (Australian or foreigners) I met knew there are several islands around Fraser. 
All have their own charm and particularity and lots of them are not accessible with a tour. You need to have your own vehicle : yacht, speed boat, jetski, windsurf, kayak, or even swim for the most brave. 
I had the chance to visit them several times with Dave, so let me present you the top 3 of my favorite islands around Fraser Island. 

• ROUND ISLAND 

Round Island is the closest island from Hervey Bay marina, it's really accessible and peaceful.



Good news : tables are available for a picnic! bad news : unfortunately sometime disrespectful people throw their rubbish there... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!



Round Island is one of the little islands around Fraser where you can find prickly pears if you are hungry and need to survive on little amount :-).  The fruit is full of vitamins! And the best part is that it's delicious... Yummy!
But watch out to your fingers, they are full of prickles (as you can guess) so take a knife to scratch it first, rinse it and enjoy it!

• PELICAN ISLAND

Pelican Island is a sand bank Island with no trees. It's the only one like this in the area. It takes its name from the amount of pelicans coming on to rest. But pelicans are not the only ones, lots of other varieties of birds are coming too like Shags (cormorants), pied oyster eaters, gulls, herons, and white bellied sea eagles. The best moment to discover them is before the sunset. The scenery is just splendid! The other particularity of pelican Island is definitely the color of the water. It starts from really deep blue to suddenly pristine clear water disappearing into the white powder sand. It's the perfect post card island. 





This kind of tiny Island will unfortunately disappear with global warming and the elevation of the sea level. If it would be only to appreciate the landscape maybe it wouldn't have been that terrible. But even on a little piece of sand like Pelican Island it's a part of our ecosystem that disappear with a nesting and protective area for hundreds of birds. We can all act on it at home and in our consumption habits but also every time we are going on island! 
- By letting the branch and trees in the ground to retain the sand and slow the erosion
- Urinate on tree grains to give a hand to nature (We take so much from nature that we should do our utmost to give back)

• LITTLE WOODY ISLAND 

Little Woody Island is a big rock hill that you can easily climb, it's quite high so you can have a nice view of the area. 
I found a flower that grow in Guadeloupe. That was quite strange actually. People used it in Australia as an ornamental plant. But it's quite invasive and arrive on little islands around the coast. In Guadeloupe we use it mainly for medicinal purpose and process it in tea. There are plenty of oysters here - yum!