Lake McKenzie
Best Beach · QLD
Tourism Australia's Best Beach 2020, No. 10.
Magnificent, powder soft, silica sands and an average water temp around 24' C, it's just one of 100 pristine lakes hidden amid the world's highest island sand dunes.
More temperate and serene than the rippy surf breaks to its long eastern Pacific shores, Fraser Island's Lake Mac is nothing less than a swimming nirvana. With its magnificent, powder soft, silica sands and an average water temp around 24' C, it's just one of 100 pristine lakes hidden amid the world's highest island sand dunes. The Butchulla Aborigines baptised this site in ancient times as sacred 'waters of wisdom'. The backbone of the island supports 40 perched lakes which are purely rain and spring fed. Queensland's largest island, and the world's largest sand island, sand mining threatened the fragile Fraser ecosystems in the 1970's and was fiercely protected by local Aborigines and conservationists. See it before the natural sand drifts bury some of lakes within the next century
⚠️ Ocean conditions can change quickly and rips can form even on calm days. Only swim at patrolled beaches, and supervise children at all times.