http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Queensland , Fraser Island en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:16:08 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:16:08 +0000 I have just got back from 3 days out on Fraser Island and I'm pretty exhausted I look quite special right now as well because I haven't showered in 4 days my hair is styling itself and I am covered in sand. Its all good though We packed up the 4x4 on Thursday morning and took the barge out to the island. We did get stuck straight away before we had even left the mainland because the sand was http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-461319.html Hello everyone We've made it to Fraser Island. We've been on a 4 WD tour of the island today it was very bumpy but we saw some beautiful things. We've swam in the lakes and creeks and seen a big old shipwreck on the sands. The room has evidence of crawlies but we haven't seen anything too scary yet Emma the driving is fine the roads are so so long though. Hope you're all ok we're fine and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-461136.html Ladies and Gentleman Boys and Girls welcome to this week's double bill blog brought to you by your favourite campers. Since last time itrsquos been a rollercoaster ride of ups and ups as we have had a fantastic past couple of weeks. Thanks for all your messages and emails itrsquos great to hear from you when we are out here. Also a quick hello to our newest blog subscriber Natalie King http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-460889.html If I say propeller aircraft does that fill you with horror If the answer is no then itrsquos the same for me How good is that For those that know me well that is a huge move forward . My second flight from cairns to where I am now was on a smallish propeller plane from Brisbane that took us down the coast over an amazing coastline. And what is more fantastic I was able to look and take p http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-460296.html I Byron Bay havde vi bestilt en tredags koerselv tur til Fraser Island Vi skulle moedes paa Rainbow Beach dagen foer afrejse og havde infomoede hvorefter man overnattede paa hostellet Pipi's vi sov i bilen paa parkeringspladsen. Vi var 2 4WDbiler med ialt 17 unge mennesker primaert fra UK men ogsaa en fra Tyskland og en fra Canada. Man koerte selv rundt havde alt campingudstyret med til http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-450139.html Full day on Fraser IslandI did the full day 4wd optional with several others. I'm not sure what those who didn't do an optional would do. The full day 4wd was quite expensive I think but it was so worth it. Not one of us regretted doing it and most of us thought it was the best or one of the best optionals all tour hands down.You get to see so much of the island and it is well worth it.Fraser Is http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-448062.html We then travelled to Fraser Island via Harvey Bay where again we got to shop for food but no alco.I cant remember if it was today or yesterday but one of our morning stops on our trip we went to Childers. Childers is a small farming town which is full of travellers who are there seasonally on the fruit picking trail around Australia. On June 23 2000 the The Childers Palace Backpackers Hostel was http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-448060.html HelloOn Saturday we had a bit of a relax and took a walk to Queensland Museum where they have awesome Muttaburrasauras bones.On Sunday morning we checked out of our hotel and picked up our hire car at 730am and made our way to Hervey Bay.On the way to Hervey Bay we stopped in at Australia Zoo the late great Steve Irwinrsquos Zoo. We got to see a whole array of lovely animals the Wildlife http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-447527.html We left Airlie Beach with the hazy plan of spending a couple of days making our way to Hervey Bay. We took a detour to visit Eungella National Park which was stunning our flying visit didnrsquot do it justice at all. There were loads of waterfalls walks and creekswaterholes to swim in amongst the impressive wooded hills. We however had time for just one proper stop lunch and a walk in th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-447163.html It had been months since I had seen either Lisy or Kris and when the discussion of where would we meet came up we decided the go to a neutral state for a little getaway....Lisy is from SA and Kris currnetly lives in WA....We spent 4 glorious days on Fraser Island and were lucky to go when Jeremy still worked there. He organised rooms for us dinners and a car to tour the island...we were very sp http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-444899.html Following the excitement of whale watching we departed the next morning on a short ferry ride to Fraser Island to start our 3 day 2 night tour of this unique island. Fraser Island is an island made entirely of sand just off the coast of Southern Queensland. It is thought that every grain of sand on the East Coast will eventually end up here brought up by ocean currents from South to North until http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-443425.html fraser island ist die groesste sand insel der welt und hat dazu auch noch einiege duenen seen die mit zu den saubersten und klarsten seen der welt gehoeren. das wasser von den hier abgeildeten seen kommt angeblich aus new guinea und wird tausend jahre gefiltert und taucht dann wieder aus der sand insel auf um anschliessend von tausenden dreckigen von sonnenkraeme oelenden menschen verpestet zu http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-443382.html On Monday we got on the barge to Fraser Island. It took half an hour to get there. We camped in Central Station for five days. One day we went to Eli Creek and my Mum spotted a dingo on the bank. On a drive one day we came across some people who were French. They were pulling off the track for someone to get past and slipped down the bank. We winched them back onto the track. Sunday we wen http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-434980.html On the barge to Fraser Island we sat up top and when we started to get a chill we came down and played DS in the car. When we got to Fraser we drove to Central Station where it is dingo safe. It was nice there with the dingo fence around the campground. We kept taking day trips out to a lot of different places with all bumpy roads. We are camping on the beach for the last 2 nights. We have http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-434864.html Got up early to see the sunrise over the ocean. Eventually the kids got up and we went for a walk along the beach before many cars were about. Back to camp and the kids were digging holes in the sand bank and got Rod to stand on top and laughed as the bank collapsed from under him. Rod and I sat on chair to watch the passing parade while the kids ran in and out of the waves. Kate got changed i http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-433471.html Got up had breakfast and headed down to check out what campsite we would move to. Our original site is available so we left a chair to hold the site and headed back to Central Station to pack up and move the camper. There is usually someone stuck on a track all the time and this time was no different. Luckily we had followed a group of 3 travelling from NSW who were also going to beach camp http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-433468.html Drove to beach checked emails at Eurong. Up past Eli Creek to Woralie Road to see Knifeblade Sandblow lookout then on to Lake Allom. We walked around the lake and then stopped at the steps to see the turtles. When Rod I were on Fraser 15 years ago we only saw a few turtles. There must have been 40 or 50 that we could see. The kids tried standing in the water to see if they would come up t http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-433464.html Left camp and headed for Eurong and saw a big yellow tractor the Caterpillar brand on the road. When there was a pulloff at the side of the road he let us get past him. Along the beach and checked out the campsite at One Tree Rocks still empty. We just canrsquot give up the toilets and showers yet Along further to Cornwells Break Road and came across a stuck Suzuki on the track. The F http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-433462.html Drove into the back of Eurong and out to the beach. The entrance has a grid with electrified wires running over them and is a pedestrian gate to allow people to walk through but keeps the dingoes out. A lot of campgrounds have these or gates which have to be closed to keep them dingo proof. The signs are everywhere to remind campers to clean up their campsites or be fined. They hand out recyc http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-433404.html Did the Southern Lakes scenic drive and stopped to look at Lake Birrabeen and Boomanjin. A Nissan had pulled to the side of the track to let someone past and slid off into the scrub. A 4WD hire car full of backpackers had stopped to try to assist him when we turned up. Not having much luck. Rod said we could winch him out if they couldnrsquot ldquosnatchrdquo him out. They kept on tryi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Fraser-Island/blog-433401.html