Fraser Island

Fraser Island has definitely been a highlight of the trip up to now. Its the largest sand island in the world and requires a 4WD to get around as sand is pretty difficult to drive on.
It was an early start from Rainbow Beach which is the nearest town to the island, we were picked up at 7:45am and it was a 10 minute ferry ride to the island. We had a nice drive down the beach and stopped off for coffee and muffins on the way to Lake Mackenzie. This was our first stop where we met up with the other people on our three day tour. Lake Mackenzie was beautiful; surrounded by white sand that's so fine it doubled as an exfoliator. The water was pretty chilly but it was a nice way to meet others on the trip. We had to walk a bit to reach a deserted beach that involved walking on an under water bridge in waist deep water.  After lunch we did a few walks through some beautiful rainforests, past some beautiful creeks and between some of the tallest trees I've seen. We ended the day watching the sunset over the beach. We were staying in a resort that reminded me a bit of Centreparcs and the trip was fully catered which certainly was a luxury! The evening was spent eating too much pizza and pasta finishing it off with cocktail jugs.
Our second day on the island started with a nice big cooked breakfast. We ended up having to walk 3km to Eli Creek as the rocks were too large for the bus to get over and the sea was very rough at high tide. It was fun clambering over rocks but on our travels we spotted an empty rental car that had obviously got stuck in the sand. Overnight the tide caught it and smashed it into the rocks so it was absolutely pummelled. Luckily no body was in it! It was a nice walk down the beach and Eli Creek was stunning with beautifully clear water. On route to lunch we stopped at the Pinnacles Coloured Sands which weren't too thrilling actually but the mythology behind them was quite interesting. There was a pretty hefty fine if you tried to bottle some of the sand to take home with you too. With our full stomachs we climbed Indian Head and got some spectacular views. It was a difficult climb actually as a lot of the rocks were unsteady but it was all part of the fun. For some unknown reason I absolutely love climbing up and over rocks. We then went for a nice relax in The Champagne Pools which is a natural rock pool and they say that when the waves come over the rocks it sounds like the fizz from champagne. On our way back to the resort we stopped off for a generic photo of the Maheno wreck but the second everyone was on the bus the heavens opened so a few of us got a photo then ran back on the bus. Dinner was a buffet of Chinese and Indian food washed down with beer and card games.
Our last day was spent walking and swimming. Our first stop was to Lake Birrabeen. We had two stand up paddle boards so a good hour was spent with 6 of us jumping between these 2 boards and pushing each other off. After a delicious buffet lunch at a different resort we headed off on a 2.5km walk to Lake Wabby. It was a gorgeous walk through a rain forest and over sand blows. Some people carried the paddle boards out here too. It started to rain but we were already in the water so it didn't really make much difference. On our walk back to the bus it started lashing it down again so that wasn't pleasant. We did spot two dingoes on our drive back though!
I had so much fun on Fraser Island and would definitely recommend any one doing it. The resort we stayed in was nice and the tour guides were great too (especially as they kept buying jugs of beer!). We definitely timed it right too as the weather has seriously gone downhill. Hopefully it gets it all out of the way soon as I desperately need to tan!
The night we got back, a group of about 16 of us had a BBQ on the beach with lots of goon which turned out to be a cracking night!
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