Fraser Island 5/6

It looked so appealing in the brochure and a place we had always wished to see. Blue skies, golden sands and clear blue lakes... However the day started well as we were drenched to the skin just waiting to be collected by our little bus.

On arrival we travelled via a large 4 wheel drive coach along the sand tracks to Central Station a former forestry camp in the middle of the rainforest next to Wanggoolba Creek. The Creek was crystal clear and full of fresh water.

Here's David on the rainforest boardwalk taking in the scenery as it was just beginning to rain again.

Next we drove along 75 Mile Beach which is actually only 63 miles long, so they say it must have been named by a fisherman as they love to exagerate on the size of things. Luckily for us we were fortunate enough to see one of the biggest icons of Fraser Island - the wild Dingoes on the beach.

As we travelled along 75 Mile Beach the weather got worse and the rains became quite heavy.

We reached the coloured sands of the Pinnacles and managed to jump out between rain showers to take a couple of photos.

We travelled back down the beach to see the Maheno shipwreck which came ashore in 1935. By this time the rain was pretty torrential and everyone waited on the bus, but we decided that as you do not visit Fraser Island every day of your life (unless you are one of the lucky coach drivers) then we had to get off and take some pictures. We got absolutely drowned and here's a very rare picture of David running through the pouring rain. Take a good look at it again as you are not very likely to ever see him running again !

We drove to Eli Creek, which was due to be a swim stop in the fresh waters but due to the heavy rain and cold no-one wished to get off the bus never mind going for a swim, so we all opted to go for lunch instead at Eurong Beach Resort.

After lunch we headed off towards Lake McKenzie, the most beautiful fresh water lake on Fraser Island with clear blue water and white silica sands. But trust us, the coach broke a fan belt on the way and we had to go back to Eurong to have it checked out, before getting the all clear to continue with our trip.

On our arrival at Lake McKenzie the skies cleared slightly. We had a paddle but the weather was far too cold to take a dip which is what we had been looking forward to as there are no dangers in the lake such as sharks and jellyfish which there are in the coastal seas.

At the end of the day we travelled back to Hervey Bay via barge.