How Fraser Island is rising from the ashes

Ray Revill calls over his fellow animal advocates, pointing excitedly to the gnawed coconut husk splayed out on Fraser Island’s “highway” — a 120-kilometre stretch of beach usually teeming with holidaymakers at low tide.

After a bone-crunching drive along a softer inland track, it is a positive sign.

The group fear for the plight of the dingo population after bushfires burnt through more than 87,000 hectares of the World Heritage-listed island known as K’gari by the Butchulla traditional owners.

While the fire was contained about a month ago, experts are still gauging the impact on the island’s unique ecosystem, which includes tropical rainforests, ancient sand dunes and protected…