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Waddy Point
This was our early morning sunrise for fishing Fraser Island Monday 2nd May 2016
Today Paul, Cohen and I got up early, before the sun did, and got ready to go and do some serious fishing (I am joking off course) We had jigs, bait and anything else you needed. We had to walk as our cars had so many awnings and ropes attached to them that we could not move them. Also we did not want to wake the girls out of their beds. Now that would have been a bad idea. The walk was about one and a half kilometres. Easy walk first thing in the morning. On the way we found the first sign that there were dingoes on the island. There were dog tracks leading to the tent camping area (not our area as we have a protective fence around the campground). Still have not seen a dingo. No luck fishing this morning. We did catch one but it was only because the silly fish was left high and dry by the tide. We picked it up and threw it back in. It was a small Whiting. This morning Steve and his family packed up to start their trip home. They will be taking
a slower route home than us and as such left a few days earlier to be able to see the sights on the trip home. We do not do any sightseeing on the way home. Once our Fraser Island holiday is over then we will barrel as fast as we can homeward. Steve has already texted us to tell us he is off the Island so we know he has not been swallowed by some sand drift or bitten by some ugly and bad animal. The camp was a little quiet without Steve and his family. It was really strange. After Steve left we had to help one of the campers start his car. I had jumper leads and Paul filed the mans battery terminals with his mums nail files. As a thankyou the man (his name was Bazz) told us of a secluded beach that only the locals know about and gave us directions to Platypus bay which is on the Western side of the Island. Oh my god what a majestic beach. We are talking about white sand and beach for as long as you can see. I was just standing there with my eyes and mouth wide
open in awe of this majestic sight. Tide was out. We were fishing but only caught toad fish and they are poison. The kids had a ball. After having lunch there we headed towards the Champagne pools. These are a bunch of rocks surrounding natural pools of sand. We spent some time wading in these pools and the headed home. Now let me tell you a little more about the animals on this island. Karen saw a snake last night at midnight. Now if it was anyone else I would suggest they had been drinking and was seeing things as we have never heard of snakes in the night. My imagined version of her story was that she was walking to the toilets and was surrounded by human attacking frogs, spiders, mosquitoes and every other creature of the night. Let me just say Karen quickly ran back to the tent, I think she did the quarter mile in record time and snuggled back into the tent. We also saw a snake today as we were returning from Platypus bay. It was green with stripes. Paul screamed and he was in the car. Today was great as it did not rain.
Waddy Point blowhole
This was pretty rough. I could imagine how quickly you would die if you fell into this. Tomorrow we are determined to see a Dingo.. Just one last thing. As I am writing I can hear Paul and his children screaming in the background. Mind you the whole camp can hear them. Paul decided they would go on a kill cane toad frog rampage. They took a hammer with them. At one stage they were using the frogs as golf balls and striking them out of the park. screaming is part of the exercise. Anyhow there are still heaps of menacing frogs around. They are harmless to us but are a major ecological disaster for Australia and in particular Queensland..
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