We stayed one night in Hervey Bay before embarking on a two day guided trip to Fraser Island just off the coast there. Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and has miles of beach ( not that you can swim in the sea on account of the currents and Tiger Sharks ), rainforest, lakes, marshland, sand blows etc. The trip mostly involved being bounced along sand tracks in the back of a big 4 wheel drive bus with a load of germans ( we were the only english people - even the guide was german! ). We got to swim in lakes and creeks, walk through a bit of rain forrest, revise GSCE german and so on. I'm not sure it was great value for money but it was an OK trip.
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