Saturday, November 5, 2011

False crocodile panic tourism to the world to the most dangerous beaches

  
Fraser Island
Do these sands belong to the world's most dangerous beach, or is it a crock?   Journalists are busy these days -– constant deadlines and industry fat-trimming often places high demands on their time. But let’s not make excuses for mediocrity.
A report published in London’s Telegraph News listing “the world’s most dangerous beaches” included Fraser Island due to its apparent crocodiles. It was labeled a “certified no-go zone.”
It’s turned out to be a crock of lies
Tourism Queensland boss Anthony Hayes told www.news.com the report was “bollocks.”
It seems its source was a bunch Korean tourists, whose photo of a fake, sun-weltered, paint-losing, Styrofoam croc was snapped on the white sands of Fraser Island in 2006. It was given a comical billing in the local Fraser Coast Chronicle.
But with Photoshop, on a slow news day, half a world away and years later, anything can happen.
Fraser, which at 1,840 square kilometers is the world's largest sand island, is also threatened by sharks and box jellyfish, according to the Telegraph News' report.

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