Blogs from Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 10

Hi All! As we're staying with relatives, we are using the opportunity to catch up with some blogs and photos!! After the town of 1770 (named after Captain Cook discovered Australia), we headed for a place called Rainbow Beach which was the starting point for our trip to Fraser Island. We arrived on the greyhound to find that our hostel, aptly named Dingos, was directly across the road so we didn't have to lug our heavy bags too far. Dingos only offered dorm accommodation, so we were put in a dorm of 7 beds (3 bunks and a single) and Anton and I bagged ourselves a little bunk bed (me on top and Anton on bottom). In our room, there were 4 boys going to Fraser Island the next day and a girl called Jenny, who ... read more

Day 31, 12/10/11 Today marks 1 month in Australia and already it feels like forever. We met outside reception at 9am ready for Fraser Island, we checked all our food was correct and everyone had the same and of we went. We was in the front car which had inward facing seats and weren't the best of the 4 vehicles but we made the most of it. Caught the ferry over to Fraser Island which took no more than 10mins and started our trip. We went for a swim in Lake Wabby which is off of a sand-blow which was lovely and then back to a small field inland where was set up camp. Had dinner - chicken noodles - and the evening was kind of boring as nothing was organized. Day 32, 13/10/11 Up early ... read more

My bus drove through the night and sped me away from the nightmare that was Mackay. And when I say sped, I meant it! At points the bus was going so fast that everything started to shake.....not fun when you are trying to sleep. I eventually managed to fall into an exhausted sleep, and woke in Agnes Waters and the Town of 1770. What a gem after Mackay!!!! Everyone was friendly and helpful. My hostel was lovely, and I was all booked on to scooteroo tour that was definitely going to happen. Scooteroo is a tour that involves chopper style motorbikes/scooters (not sure which as they looked like motorbike, but were only 49.9 CCs) and you drive them around the area looking for kangeroos, and going to see all the sights. It was nerve-racking at first, ... read more

Today we had a good day on Fraser Island. Amy & Nathan swam in Lake Mackenzie at around 9am. The water was beautiful! We also did a big drive in the bush on the sand & mud & then drove really fast on the long beach – we even drove through little creeks! There were bumps everywhere. Yesterday (Wednesday) we got on the barge to get to Fraser Island. It was good fun but only lasted for about a five minute trip. When Daddy drove off the barge straight onto the beach, we got stuck after three metres & had to let the tyres down again! We then had a really long drive on the beach & through the forest to get to our camp. We all talked on Dad’s UHF radio to our cousin Jen. ... read more

What a week it has been in football! Actually we’ll scratch that because things didn’t roll my way football-wise this weekend just gone. I am currently sitting in my camp chair on Fraser Island at 7.37pm after a feed of pasta, with the kids in bed & me & the missus not being too far from the sack ourselves. It was a ripper day today but I’ll start off from Saturday when we left Fingal Bay. It ended up being a pretty big drive of 10 & a half hours from Fingal Bay to Brisbane. Mostly uneventful & the kids were very well behaved. Except for the Big Prawn in Ballina & the mass of roadwork going on. Also, it was interesting to note that there are stacks of rest stops along the highways in NSW ... read more