The list includes the inimitable Whitsundays, car-free Maria Island, the castaway nirvana that is Lord Howe Island and the koala paradise of Raymond Island.
Flinders University ecologists are calling on summer holiday-goers to not interfere with wildlife and damage habitats, notably for shy animals such as little penguins.
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