Fraser Island 4x4 adventure Fraser Island aka Death Island. Stretching over 123 kilometres along the southern coast of Queensland, Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world! It is a place of exceptional beauty, with its long white beaches set besides coloured sand cliffs, and over 100 freshwater lakes, pure black coloured or turquoise, others crystal-clear but all surrounded by white sandy beaches. Harvey Bay is one of the two exit points to reach this spectacular island so jumped at the change to do a self drive 4x4 trip. Fraser Island is strictly four-wheel- [View Full Entry]

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Heavenly Harvey Bay After our ordeal at Bundaberg we booked into a gorgeous YHA resort in Harvey Bay near the marina. It was lovely; bar, pool, spa, tennis court (not that we played!) great comfy sofas where they host games and quiz nights. The people that worked there were just great fun and we always met friendly people. We booked in for 2 nights and ended up staying 10! Bike ride We decided to be geeks for the day and rent out push bikes. We packed lots of water, fastened our helmets, and waited whilst Sharlene adjusted her seat, ha! [View Full Entry]

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The Last Supper Okay, so we arrived in Bundaburg thinking we were going to carry out 3 months agricultural work, which would enable us to extend our Working Holiday Visa for an extra year. That plan didn't quite work out! All five of us rocked up just before dusk to a dingy run down hostel, called Blue Dingo. As soon as we arrived we had an icky feeling. Once we were booked in were told stories about the place, which didnt help either, and found out that we may not make it through the night! We would definately be keeping our [View Full Entry]

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Beautiful.....the local beach! [View Full Entry]

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Arrival in Australia We met up with family, our Uncle Les and his 4 boys the quads; Geoffrey, Peter, Philip, Mark. We visited the sights of Sydney and our adventure begun! [View Full Entry]

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