Blogs from Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 7

Saturday - 24 November - bus to Mooloolaba, quiet little town with a great name. Hostel did free BBQ, excellent!! Sunday - 25 November - bus to Noosa, stayed in a Nomads, the hostels get worse the further north i go, this one was a 16 bed dorm room with no air conditioning meaning the door was left open constantly for petty pilferers to help themselves to your stuff....not mine luckily as I'd locked it away and security tied it too the bed frame!! I spent the afternoon doing several of the costal walks and walking through the National Park to the Laguna Lookout which was spectacular. Noosa was nice and stylish but dare i say it just another town with a great beach. One good thing about the hostel is that it had a bar ... read more

Ian has reprimanded me for not including a very important phrase we learned from our surf instructors: "Yuuuuuu!!!", followed by a hang-ten, is supposed to accompany every wave you catch. Never forget. We decided to tour Fraser Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Island), which is a pretty awesome place. The weather was not particularly great for it, but it's one of the Top 10 Places to See in Australia, so we had to hit it up. More on that after a quick story... On our drive out to the ferry that leads to Fraser Island, Alison and I were discussing with Ceanna and Ian how we had not yet seen a kangaroo. They had definitely seen wallabys, but not a roo. Not five minutes later, whilst following a massive garbage truck, we watched a kangaroo hop across the road and ... read more

18thOctober 2012, Headed off on the beach around 11am, unfortunately the tide was still high and very soft. Stef didn’t want to risk Angie’s new Subaru AWD (aka Scoobie), so we decided to head to Eurong via the inland Rainforest. We stopped again at Lake Birrabeen for another swim and a play in the sand before headed to Eurong so Stef could refuel Scoobie. We then headed north towards Indian Head. On the way, we stopped at Eli Creek and the ship wreck. Maheno was blown ashore during a cyclone in 1935.... read more

16TH October 2012, Had a beautiful breakfast of pancakes and homemade apple sauce with fresh cream. After a friendly visit from the Dilli goanna, we headed off four wheel driving around Fraser Island. We drove along the sandy paths to the picturesque Lake Birrabeena. The lake was totally isolated, not many tour groups come here and the water was fresh and warm. Headed to Eurong and looked around for a little while before heading back on the beach, back to Dilli Village. We had Italian spaghetti meatballs for dinner and scones for dessert by the fireplace. The nights were cool and the days fairly hot.... read more

Having planned to take the day to drive to Hervey Bay from 1770 we went in search of the rural more scenic route down the coast via the famous rum making town of Bundaberg which offered "a diverse range of attractions" according to the guide book! The roads were flanked by huge sugar cane plantations that towered two metres high and small gage railway lines criss crossed over the road as the small metal carriages loaded with sugar cane was transported to the factories in and around the district. The actual town of Bundaberg is situated along the River Burnett where we drove into the town across a huge impressive metal bridge leading us into the wide roads that created a grid in the centre of the town. Above the gaudy signage and shop fronts the ... read more