Fraser Island

We asked so many people about doing our own thing and driving over and onto the sands of  Fraser Island, but in the end, mostly due to lack of confidence, and fear of getting bogged or worse, we took a guided tour.    We figured that if we loved Fraser Island and saw how experienced 4WDs drove around it, we may come back and do another day on our own.   Because you have to be guided by the low tides to get beach access, it meant we had to be up at 4 am, out the door by 5 and at our pick up by 6am.   We only just made it as the roads were shrouded with fog and it made it slow going.    Our tour guide was Greg, a veteran of 20 years and he was great.    We had 16 on board our vehicle.     It was a great day but a long one.  It was 400km of touring, of which 180kms were on the beach.   We were so glad we did it as a tour.   Saw and learnt so much more by doing it this way.   Not the least bit interested in going over again nor driving on another beach.  

Sleepyhead

Cant say that Fraser Island lived up to expectation.    I was underwhelmed by it.    Nothing like I hoped.   It is heavily vegetated, the tracks are quite rugged as they weave thru the forests.  We had morning tea on the beach, visited Lake Mackenzie for a swim, but no one did, Wangoolba Creek,  a rainforest walk, Central Station,  Eli Creek, and  the Maheno shipwreck.    A walk thru a rainforest was lovely, so was lunch.    A bbq feast with beer wine and softdrink saw us stuff ourselves.     Saw the lucky few who flew in and out in planes that landed alongside of us on the beach.   Dingos are everywhere on the Island.    Especially wherever we humans are.    You must not feed the dingos even though the temptation is there.    An 8yo boy was killed some years back by two dingos and they simply dont want the dingos interacting with us.    All along the beaches, wherever there are fishermen there are dingos, sitting and waiting in hope.    I saw a couple of signs warning that a dangerous dingo was frequenting the area.

Our trip involved getting barges across from Noosa to Rainbow Beach and then another barge to Fraser Island.  The day itself was warm and sunny but the clouds came over in the afternoon threatening to rain but it held off.  On the return trip, it started to drizzle but we were still able to pull up on the beach and see the coloured sands of Rainbow Beach.    They were quite lovely.    We didnt get back home to the bus until  6.30 that night.    No dinner for us, too full from lunch and too tired.   Rick was in bed an hour later.




The lens on this tourists camera was amazing.   He also used his Ipad and Phone to take pics.