Fraser Island mostly...
After leaving Byron Bay, we got a bus to Hervey Bay. We had to switch buses and then the second bus broke down but the third bus finally got us there :) It is so hot now we are quite far north but when we checked in they gave us a free cold beer which was greatly appreciated. Lots of hostels in the places we are going to have all sorts of little extras to make you want to stay there as there are literally hundreds of them on the east coast. We stayed a couple of nights in Hervey Bay, barely leaving the swimming pool during the day and sweating through the nights in a 12 dorm with one fan.. nice. The hostel had a bar which lots of locals come and drink at and they all had quite spectacularly bad haircuts.. I was thoroughly impressed!
On the Monday morning, we got up bright and early for our Fraser Island 4WD adventure. We met our group the night before (9 of us in all) and luckily they are all really really nice and we didn't get stuck with a load of lads who wanted to get pissed all the time. We were actually the youngest of the group. We met up in the morning and went shopping for food and beer then went off onto the ferry to Fraser Island!
Fraser Island is probably the most fun I've had on this whole trip so far. Despite how much I enjoyed my shower after 3 days camping in sand, I didn't want to come back.. We had the best three days, all our group got on really well. We walked up from the beach to a perched lake where the water was full of catfish that nibble your toes and there is a huge sand dune on one side which you can slide down and splosh into the lake at the bottom! We spent most of the afternoon up there, luckily we got there first so we had a bit of peaceful time before some other groups of people turned up. We set up camp and cooked our barbecue and played a few games but we all ended up being in bed by about 10pm.. rubbish! We had a really nice sheltered spot so we didn't get woken up by the sun in the morning.
The next day we drove all the way up the beach in our fabulous bright pink 4x4 named Dougie to a place called Indian Head. If you go right to the edge and up high, you can see Tiger Sharks, turtles, rays and lots of schools of fish. It was really fun but really hot so we came back down and went to a place called Eli creek (I bet you did all these things too Jess :)) which is a cold freshwater creek which you can wade up to the end and then lie on your back while it floats you back down to the beach. I did it a lot of times cos it was amazing but unfortunately Ben doesn't float cos he's a sinker so he spent most of the time hunting out eels and fish. We camped near the creek in another shady spot. It was really hard to get the 4x4 up there so we all had to push and dig and get covered in even more sand but it was worth it in the end!
On the last day we did part of a bush walk (we are all too hot and lazy to do the rest) and then made our way to Lake McKenzie. Lake McKenzie is probably one of the best places in the world! The sand is beautiful and white, the water is refreshing but not cold, there are lizards and kookaburras around you and there is plenty of room for you to relax. None of us wanted to leave but in the end we had to go back and get the ferry back to Hervey Bay. Boo Hiss. After our much wanted showers we met up with our group again to say goodbye and swap email addresses etc before hopping on the night bus to Airlie Beach.
Two of our group, Paul and Verity, are in Airlie Beach with us now so last night we went to the hostel bar and drank discount beer and ate amazing pizza for not a lot of money. Today we have been mostly down at the lagoon as you can't go in the water here without a stinger suit. The lagoon is fun though, the water's quite warm and you can sunbathe on the grass. Not that I want to do too much sunbathing as we have already spent a fortune on Sun products. Grrr.
Now we are off to our briefing for our Whitsundays trip which leaves tomorrow!
On the Monday morning, we got up bright and early for our Fraser Island 4WD adventure. We met our group the night before (9 of us in all) and luckily they are all really really nice and we didn't get stuck with a load of lads who wanted to get pissed all the time. We were actually the youngest of the group. We met up in the morning and went shopping for food and beer then went off onto the ferry to Fraser Island!
Fraser Island is probably the most fun I've had on this whole trip so far. Despite how much I enjoyed my shower after 3 days camping in sand, I didn't want to come back.. We had the best three days, all our group got on really well. We walked up from the beach to a perched lake where the water was full of catfish that nibble your toes and there is a huge sand dune on one side which you can slide down and splosh into the lake at the bottom! We spent most of the afternoon up there, luckily we got there first so we had a bit of peaceful time before some other groups of people turned up. We set up camp and cooked our barbecue and played a few games but we all ended up being in bed by about 10pm.. rubbish! We had a really nice sheltered spot so we didn't get woken up by the sun in the morning.
The next day we drove all the way up the beach in our fabulous bright pink 4x4 named Dougie to a place called Indian Head. If you go right to the edge and up high, you can see Tiger Sharks, turtles, rays and lots of schools of fish. It was really fun but really hot so we came back down and went to a place called Eli creek (I bet you did all these things too Jess :)) which is a cold freshwater creek which you can wade up to the end and then lie on your back while it floats you back down to the beach. I did it a lot of times cos it was amazing but unfortunately Ben doesn't float cos he's a sinker so he spent most of the time hunting out eels and fish. We camped near the creek in another shady spot. It was really hard to get the 4x4 up there so we all had to push and dig and get covered in even more sand but it was worth it in the end!
On the last day we did part of a bush walk (we are all too hot and lazy to do the rest) and then made our way to Lake McKenzie. Lake McKenzie is probably one of the best places in the world! The sand is beautiful and white, the water is refreshing but not cold, there are lizards and kookaburras around you and there is plenty of room for you to relax. None of us wanted to leave but in the end we had to go back and get the ferry back to Hervey Bay. Boo Hiss. After our much wanted showers we met up with our group again to say goodbye and swap email addresses etc before hopping on the night bus to Airlie Beach.
Two of our group, Paul and Verity, are in Airlie Beach with us now so last night we went to the hostel bar and drank discount beer and ate amazing pizza for not a lot of money. Today we have been mostly down at the lagoon as you can't go in the water here without a stinger suit. The lagoon is fun though, the water's quite warm and you can sunbathe on the grass. Not that I want to do too much sunbathing as we have already spent a fortune on Sun products. Grrr.
Now we are off to our briefing for our Whitsundays trip which leaves tomorrow!
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