Fraser Island

Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and is only accessible by 4WD. We were a bit worried about our trip as the Whitsundays nearly killed us.

But everything worked out perfectly. Our lovely group was made up of 5 French, 2 Basques and an Italian so we had a very civilised time with no crazy drinking like we had on The Card.

We set off in our 4WD on Wednesday morning and drove from Hervey Bay over to the ferry. When we arrived at Fraser the roads seemed grand, just a bit sandy. We headed straight for Lake McKensie which was beautiful and even nicer when we visited it on our last day as it was so sunny. The other lakes were beautiful too and the sand was like snow. We camped at Lake Boomajin where we had toilets and a sink for washing the dishes. The next day we set off for Indian Head. The inland road was crazy! It was really bumpy and overgrown but we made it grand. The 75 mile beach was beautiful but we had to watch out for planes landing from above.

The French guy Flo was driving over 80km per hour on the beach which was cool. At Indian Head we saw loads of dolphins and turtles. We think we saw whales too.

After lunch we headed to Rainbow Gorge which had so many different colours of sand. We camped at the beach and watched the sunset and the stars come out.

And of course we drank some goone and Dave did a flip off a sand dune and another French guy Perreek dived into the shark and jellyfish infested water. The next day we set off for Lake Wabby which was fantastic. Lake Wabby will not be there in a few years as the dunes are slowly caving in. After visiting Lake McKensie for the last time we drove home and even got all our bond back despite Dave breaking the shovel. What a great experience!