Fraser Island
Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates on the blog front but hopefully we can now get you up to speed!
Since our last blog we’ve been to Rockhampton, beef capital of Oz, had, just one (much to Rob’s dissapointment), tasty steak between us where we were entertained by some v drunk crazy girls dancng very oddly! We then drove on down to Hervey Bay, Fraser Island stop by point basically. We booked our trip to Fraser Island, we decided to go on a guided tour rather than a DIY 4WD, mainly because of time constraints but ended up getting good value for money we thought! Although we had a problem getting there as our credit card decided not to work as we went to pay for the rest of the trip 15 mins before the boat set off, and there were no cash points near by… so we missed out. But rearanged everything for the next day where we made sure we had the cash.
Fraser Island itself was beautiful! Once there we went on a walk through the rainforest, then for an all you can eat lunch (with pumpkin soup - pumpkin is our new favourite food, VERY tasty!). In the afternoon we drove along the beach on the east of the island, around 60-70km? On the way we stopped off at a shipwreck called The Maheno, which has just been sat on the beach for around 60 years. Then we stopped off at the ‘coloured sands’. Rob and I could see about 4 shades… there’s supposed to be about 75! We also stopped off for a swim down Elis Creek, the islands freshwatwer stream that runs straight into the ocean. Refreshing is the best word for that! Finally we stopped off at the tip of the island and climbed up a huge rock to look out onto the gorgeous sea. Dinner was also an all you can eat affair, much to Rob’s delight, but no pumpkin soup.
On the second day (after an all you can eat brekky) we went to Lake Woubbie in the morning. This is a freshwater spring that is now blocked in by a big sand dune. Because the dune continues straight into the lake, it gets deep very fast, its about 4 metres deep about 5 metres in! It was really pretty and we got about an hour to play! Then back for an all you can eat lunch, still no more pumpkin soup :( In the afternoon we went to the beautiful lake McKenzie. This consists of pure rainwater and has absolutely no water flowing in or out of it! It really is a postcard picture place! After that we got the ferry back across and went back to our campsite, with Rob for once, feeling less hungry than he has been since February.
We will update you soon on the rest!
Elee and Rob!
