Scorched Fraser Island to reopen, as heat remains over emergency response
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Scorched Fraser Island to reopen, as heat remains over emergency response
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Fraser Island accommodation and campgrounds will reopen to tourists on Tuesday, two months and one day since a blaze started by an illegal campfire broke out.
However, the heat remains on the state government and the fire service, which did not call in the state s large air tanker until more than a month after the blaze broke out.
A review is under way into the delayed response to the bushfire, which scorched more than 85,000 hectares of scrub on the island – more than half of the island s total land mass.
K gari-Fraser Island to reopen as weekend rain contains bushfire that has burned since October
MonMonday 14
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TueTuesday 15
Jack Worcester and his daughter Maggie are ecstatic the island will reopen to visitors.
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Bushfire-ravaged K gari-Fraser Island will reopen to the public tomorrow after much-needed rain helped firefighters contain a blaze that had been burning since mid-October.
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The eastern beach, townships and beach camping areas south of Poyungan Rocks will reopen tomorrow
Tourism operators are thrilled with the news as they ready for the return of visitors across the holiday period
QPWS is advising tourists to follow the rules and stay safe while visiting the island
South-east Queensland hit by heavy rain overnight with BOM forecasting more extreme weather
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DecDecember 2020 at 2:00pm
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Abnormally high tides and dangerous surf conditions are set to continue battering Queensland beaches after damaging wind gusts and widespread heavy rainfall hit much of the south-east.
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Abnormally high tides will continue to batter exposed Queensland beaches tomorrow
Fraser Island is set to reopen to the public on Tuesday after rains helped to contain the bushfire