Blogs from Fraser Island, Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 7

Checked into the beaches resort and spent the day catching up on sleep, laundry and went for a stroll to check out the local area, which was pretty boring! But I did manage to catch the highlights of West Ham beating Man Utd 1-0, I was very pleased, especially with the latest run of results and goings on! Got up real early the next day for our Fraser Island trip. Jo got the short straw and had to do the food shopping for 11 people in a total of 11mins, she was not happy! I got the cool job of driving the big 4x4 down to the docks and reversing it onto the ferry. I was chuffed! Met up with our crewe of 11 people, collected our tents and camp gear, stocked up on food and ... read more

Arrived in Hervey Bay lunchtime (after another delightful coach trip) where we were greeted by our hostel manager who took us to our "friendly" hostel. We immediatley loaded ourselves with brochures to research our trip to Fraser Island which is the biggest sand island in the world for those not in the know - see i know my stuff! We booked our trip and departed for Fraser Island on Sunday morning after a quiet night in. We were picked up by our tour operator in a 4x4 bus thing (Fraser has no roads, it's all sand innit!) our guide was a very animated guy called Terry. After introductions to the rest of the group (all swedes) off we headed to Fraser! We arrived and headed straight for lake mackenzie which is one of the most popular ... read more

After a fantastic time in Airlie beach..we drove a mere 800km drive south to Hervey Bay. We were traveling with a (crazy) couple from London, who also had a camper, so spirits were high. Fraser Isalnd...oggy oggy oggy!! After three long driving days (passing through Mackay, Sarina, Clairview, Malbourough, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Bundaberg & Childers) we arrived. It was slamming down with rain, so yet again we waited 3-4 days for the weather to clear. Many people who went to Fraser at this time told us that the weather was seriously ferocious, some even experienced a tornado!! they couldn't leave the van, which also means they couldn't cook, trek, swim, etc..So it was a good call to wait for better weather. During this time Ally von beavercatcher and I went Whale watching aboard the 'Tasman Venture'. We ... read more

Fraser Island Having being told that it is sunny on Fraser Island 360 days of the year, you might think it was not unreasonable to expect some sunshine...but no, we must've seen the only 3 days of rain for the whole year... and it rained enough in those 3 days to keep the population from drought for the next 3 years. And so our group of 10 - myself, Thomas, Louise & Oonagh from Fermanagh, Stu & Jill (soon to be) from Virginia, Nathan, Beverley, Laura and Tash from England - met up at 6.30am for our "briefing" which consisted of a supervised alcochol purchase from the agents convenient bottleshop around the corner and some food shopping, some warnings about dingos and riding the clutch from our 4WD company, and the rest was up to us! ... read more

So after a mamoth journey in from Kroombit, we checked into Koala's, and found out that to get the pizzas that we so desperately craved, it would require a 2 hr round trip walk..or pay 5 dollars extra for delivery...not going to happen! So will and i braved it, made it to eagle boys 5 mins before it shut, and got some awesome pizzas! On the way there, several cars drove past with people lugging cans of beer at us out the window...quickly realised Hervey Bay sucked! The next day we played a bit of cricket, good fun, and then met up with the rest of the group who ould be going to Fraser with us. The briefing lasted ages, with us being put in a group of 11 which included the 3 of us, Shane ... read more