I'm back from Fraser Island, safe and sound!
Tuesday night we had a meeting and figured out who was in our group. The A-Team had: an Israeli couple, an Irish girl and a guy, a Greek guy, an Englishman, three Canadians (including me), and two American guys.
Wednesday morning we woke up early, and got our 4x4's packed up. We got to Fraser by about 10am, and our first stop was Lake Mackenzie. The road there was definitely on the bumpy side. Its a shockingly beautiful lake in the centre of the island. The beach is gorgeous white sand, and the turquoise water is perfectly clear. We had lunch there and swam for a while, and then we headed out. Our next stop was the Mareno ship wreck, which is a huge rusty hulk on the beach. Then we camped near there that night. I should note that part of our Tuesday night prep was figuring out how much booze to bring. Our group brought way more than anyone else (150 cans of Tooheys alone!). Everyone partied and had a good time that night, and most of us managed to get into our tents.
Thursday morning we were up at the crack of dawn, because once the sun's up, its too hot to sleep in a tent. And the sunrise was at 4.45am. Yeah, that's right. So we walked down to Eli Creek, which is a nice little fresh water creek you can walk down. I would have killed for an inner tube, because it has a gorgeous current.
Thursday afternoon we drove up to Indian Head, which is a rocky outcrop, where you can supposedly see sharks and turtles. We didn't see any, so we walked to the Champagne pools. They're kind of large tidal pools that the waves crash into, making it look like you're swimming in champagne. Sadly, its just salt water.
Thursday night we camped down near the trail to Lake Wabby, and finished all our booze. By about 9pm. That night the weather changed, and it rained all morning on Friday.
Once the rain let up a bit, we decided to make the trek to Lake Wabby, which is through a rain forest and then a desert of sand dunes (a field of sand dunes?). Its this tiny bright green lake in the middle of miles of sand. The water was gorgeous and we managed to get at least some of the sand off ourselves. After that, we had to speed to make it to the ferry, which we managed to just make.
So now I'm back in Rainbow Beach for a night or two, and then I've decided to catch a ride up to Airlie Beach with a guy from one of the other groups named Charlie. From there I'll take a four day sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands, which is supposed to be incredible.
Hope everyone is doing well!
Tuesday night we had a meeting and figured out who was in our group. The A-Team had: an Israeli couple, an Irish girl and a guy, a Greek guy, an Englishman, three Canadians (including me), and two American guys.
Wednesday morning we woke up early, and got our 4x4's packed up. We got to Fraser by about 10am, and our first stop was Lake Mackenzie. The road there was definitely on the bumpy side. Its a shockingly beautiful lake in the centre of the island. The beach is gorgeous white sand, and the turquoise water is perfectly clear. We had lunch there and swam for a while, and then we headed out. Our next stop was the Mareno ship wreck, which is a huge rusty hulk on the beach. Then we camped near there that night. I should note that part of our Tuesday night prep was figuring out how much booze to bring. Our group brought way more than anyone else (150 cans of Tooheys alone!). Everyone partied and had a good time that night, and most of us managed to get into our tents.
Thursday morning we were up at the crack of dawn, because once the sun's up, its too hot to sleep in a tent. And the sunrise was at 4.45am. Yeah, that's right. So we walked down to Eli Creek, which is a nice little fresh water creek you can walk down. I would have killed for an inner tube, because it has a gorgeous current.
Thursday afternoon we drove up to Indian Head, which is a rocky outcrop, where you can supposedly see sharks and turtles. We didn't see any, so we walked to the Champagne pools. They're kind of large tidal pools that the waves crash into, making it look like you're swimming in champagne. Sadly, its just salt water.
Thursday night we camped down near the trail to Lake Wabby, and finished all our booze. By about 9pm. That night the weather changed, and it rained all morning on Friday.
Once the rain let up a bit, we decided to make the trek to Lake Wabby, which is through a rain forest and then a desert of sand dunes (a field of sand dunes?). Its this tiny bright green lake in the middle of miles of sand. The water was gorgeous and we managed to get at least some of the sand off ourselves. After that, we had to speed to make it to the ferry, which we managed to just make.
So now I'm back in Rainbow Beach for a night or two, and then I've decided to catch a ride up to Airlie Beach with a guy from one of the other groups named Charlie. From there I'll take a four day sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands, which is supposed to be incredible.
Hope everyone is doing well!
posted by bookstore girl at
6:35 PM
3 Comments:
for a girl who absolutely hates camping, you sure are doing a lot of it. does this mean that when you come back to canada you'll join us on a camping trip? hope so.
missing you like crazy and wishing you could be here for the ladies' gathering that might happen over the holidays.
birthday love to cloe and katie, too.
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Anonymous, at 12:02 AM
It is a sad fact of life that most of what there is to do in Australia involves camping.
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bookstore girl, at 9:45 AM
Wow, the Aussies really do take their cricket seriously.
This story just crossed the wire. I'm trying to find room for it in today's sports page...
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australian men would go without sex to see their national team beat England in the current Ashes cricket series in Australia, a survey has found.
The survey by men’s magazine Zoo Weekly found 41 per cent of its 20,000 respondents would forego sex for a month if it meant Australia regained the Ashes. Four per cent were willing to go without sex for a year if it ensured an Australian win.
Australia leads the five-Test Ashes series 2-0 after winning the first Test at Brisbane, Australia, by 277 runs and the second at Adelaide by six wickets. It can wrap up the series, and take back the Ashes, if it wins the third Test starting at Perth on Thursday.
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Pete, at 2:06 PM
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