I have returned unscathed from Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world, and had a fantastic 3 days of driving, camping, wildlife spotting and squatting in bushes(!) with some great people. Kathy and I arrived in Rainbow Beach on Mon 10th. After finding our room and dropping off our stuff, we headed out to explore; it didn't take us very long because there is only one street of shops/cafes and the beach!!So we had a paddle in the sea and lay on the beach to compare it to Noosa and then headed back for our Fraser Island briefing. Here we were shown 2 videos; one was about driving on sand, dos and don'ts of camping etc and the other was a safety video showing us what to do if we encountered a dingo and
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