Blogs from Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 6

Was watching a British documentary about dogs last night with Martin Clunes. He "went all the way to Australia" to visit Fraser Island to see dingos. Was odd to see this TV program from the homeland visiting an island that we were actually at. Up on time today (Monday) to leave Garry's. The French catamaran "First Trax" that we originally anchored behind was running his engines again - I assume he was charging his batteries like he had yesterday afternoon. We cranked up the engine, pulled up the anchor ...by hand! (the new bolt for the stripper fitted well but now the other bolt needs replacing - and the winch itself only worked briefly too), and finally left Garry's cautiously via the shallow but slightly quicker northern entrance. Then turned north and continued to follow the ... read more

Hey all! Here's a short video of my (brief) time on Fraser Island! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqkMpqHgY0 Mike... read more

Grace and Mag, Fraser Island was absolutely amazing and it was really good waether too so it made it extra special. It's a big group trip of about 25 people but I already knew some of the people there from meeting them in Noosa and other places so that was cool too. On the first day we got up at 6am in the hostel to get a quick overview of what to expect and a safety briefing about driving on sand because who ever was over 21 with a license was going to be driving a 4x4 on the island. We all got the ferry over to the island at 8.30ish. Fraser is the biggest sand island in the world and nothing prepared me for the beauty of it - absolutely stunning! We went to a ... read more

,And so, our concluding blog on that amazing day on Fraser Island/'K'gari, just moved literally into the twilight zone. We were about to encounter a truly mystical experience, incredibly captured on camera by Basho. Picking up from part two, As we were heading from the beach, en route to the ferry, we drove back into the forest for a quick stop at the Spirit Tree. Our guides informed us, that on several occasions, photographs of the Spirit Tree, have been taken, with supernatural phenomena turning up in photos of the tree. Many photos were taken by our party including Bilbo, but knowing Basho for the last 24 years, I have witnessed several inexplainable phenomena occur in her presence. such as the rare dolphin kiss experience at Tin Can Bay, which just had to be seen to ... read more

After driving through the magnificent forest and fresh water lakes, we emerged onto the eastern shoreline of Fraser Island, or K'gari to the Butchulla tribe, to tackle 70 miles of beach in a 4wd. Shortly after, we arrived at the Maheno wreck, which was a New Zealand passenger liner, converted to a 1st world war hospital ship, that was later purchased by japanese steel recyclers. Unfortunately enroute from N.Z to Japan it was caught up in a severe cyclone that grounded it on Fraser Island's eastern shoreline in 1935. Since that fateful day, it has sat rusting away at the mercy of the elements for decades. As our 4wd approached from a distance it was an eerie sight, to see the ship looming larger than life on the horizon. Bilbo tried to push it back out ... read more