Blogs from Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 47

Hello again everybody!! Once again apologies for the amount of time it's taken for me get this out to you all!! I am about a month or so behind with my blog now but I WILL get all the stories out to you at some point!! Anyway, this one's all about Fraser Island (which we did in early Sept!) as it is in all of our top 3 highlights of the trip!! So many memories and laughs in just 3 days!! Enjoy... As luck would have it, after the washout weekend that was the Whitsundays, the very next day was glorious (typical!) and so we spent it relaxing by the lagoon in Airlie Beach before getting the over-night Greyhound bus to Hervey Bay. Not an experience I enjoyed or recommend - 12 hours trying to sleep ... read more

Fraser Island What an amazing place im not gonna write too much cause it would take too long but basically we toured the sand island for 3 days in a 4x4 driving through gorgeous rainforest and along never ending beaches. we visited freshwater lakes cause the sea was full of sharks so we couldnt swim in it. Saw a tonne of wildlife like sharks, whales, dolphins, giant turtles and dingo's. the dingo's by the way are highly dangerous and were roaming around our camp!!! Had the best time our little group of 9 had a tonne of fun. getting stuck in sanddunes, nearly gettin caught out by the incoming tide, getting lost and just having a ball. Camping as i've never experienced before and will never forget. I'll let the photos do the talking. Julie... read more

Some photos from fraser trip....... read more

Part 1 - Airlie Beach to Agnes Water Back on the road after the Whitsundays and we had some miles to cover and some budget to clawback, so we drove all day and through our first real downpour down under, and - after an emergency duct tape repair to a dodgy windscreen wiper - we camped in Rockhampton: beef capital of the East Coast. Sure enough, our camping curse kicked in and it rained more overnight. Unfortunately, the rain continued for most of the next few days while we were staying on the Discovery Coast at Agnes Water, which is a tiny place just down the road from the Town of 1770: another tiny place. We’d heard great things about Agnes Water and Town of 1770 although the rain meant that we didn’t see it at ... read more

So we spent the last 3 days and 2 nights on Fraser Island. It was a totally amazing experince that I don't think we could repeat. We booked on tour through Dingo's in Rainbow Beach which basically meant John and I were put in a group with 9 other people, given a 4 wheel drive van/truck, some tents and some food and sent off for the duration of the trip. Those that wanted to drive were told all about how to drive a 4WD vehicle and other handy hints and tips (like how to avoid getting stuck) and then we were off. Ohh, oh lots of fun driving a big toy! Felt like a Tonka toy!! We caught the ferry to Fraser Island from Inskip point so the journey was only about 7 minutes. When we ... read more