Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1260

At Fraser Island you have to pay for hot water. I went to have a shower at 8am, paid for the hot water in one cubicle to find i wasn't the only one in there, a VERY large spider decided it wanted to watch me. I didnt really enjoy that so i paid again to use another! We got moving pretty early, drove along the beach to Eli Creek. Then to Maheno the ship wreck, stopped at the Pinnacles and had lunch, just sandwiches today! After that I had a major trek walking up Indian Head, what a killer! but it was worth it once we were at the top, views were beautiful, tho we saw no sharks. I then swam in the only part of the sea we were allowed to (coz of sharks) called ... read more

Day 2~Got up at 8 and had some breaky on the balcony-was really nice as the sun was just coming out and the view out to the beach made it look beautiful. Drove up the beach and then in land where we stopped and looked at a few different trees. Then we did a short rainforest walk. Had lunch at the picnic area by Lake Birrabean then spent the afternoon on the beach there which was complete paradise-white sand, crystal clear lakes (with no scary creatures in it) and the sun was out in full! Had great fun playing waterpol and then rounders on the beach! In the evening it was back to camp for some spag bol and abit more wine!! Day 3~Got up after a slightly better night sleep, (apart from waking up thinking ... read more

Up nice and early to be picked up at 8.30am. All on the bus and started to head off, but we had to turn back for a guy who hadn't appeared for whatever reason. This was Ben. So after a false start we set off again. We went over the Noosa river of a cable ferry. (My kind of boat trip, only 5 mins. max!). Now on the North shore we carried on towards Rainbow beach. We drove along 40mile beach, this was good and different to drive and see the waves next to you. At this point we had very much noticed the air con was not working properly. So when we eventually got to Rainbow beach via the Great Sandy National Park the driver took the bus off to be fixed leaving us stranded ... read more

Early again for the real trip to Fraser Island. I has the same briefing, with the same guy, Monty who talked waaaaaaaay too fast. No one understood him especially at 7am. We got put into groups, 2 annoying Canadian girls, Kayla and Hayley, both very bossy, 2 annoying Dutch girls, loud and immature, and 2 blokes Jo (Irish) and Drew (Canadian). We spent most of the day getting told how to load the car, put up tents and how to drive, that sorta thing. We left the depo with our 4 wheel drive, both the lads could drive it, we went the wrong way but still managed to get to the ferry on time, and not last either! The ferry took 40mins, once we got there we let the tyres down and went the wrong way ... read more

Hey everybody....Hi dr.nick. Im at ironbark - its about 40oC here...freaking hot. Im just about to go have lunch, and nap...haha. There are some new pictures on my space from last weekend in Brisbane. it was pretty fun...I hugged a koala :) yay. Well- im going to the Gold Coast next weekend to Surfers Paradise and learning to surf...haha hopefully I'll be alright at it. Alrighty - things are great here ;) have fun mom and dad in Mexico...lucky. Talk to you all sooooon :) Love Steph xoxoxoxox... read more