Fraser Island

Karianne and I did a 3 day/2 night tour of the island. It's the largest sand island in the world, and the 6th largest island in Australia. We opted to do the tour that stayed in cabins versus camping, so we had showers, bathroom, and bunk beds. Day 1 we started out meeting our group and our tour guide, we went to Lake Mackenzie, which is a perched lake, which are very rare and only several exist in the world. Don't ask me to explain what makes it perched, google it! We spent the morning there and in the afternoon we hiked through a sub tropical rainforest. Both the places we visited day 1 have made it so that Fraser Island is a World Heritage Site. We headed back to the Wilderness Camp, checked into our cabins and went down to have dinner. With my pickiness and garlic problems I was limited that evening on dinner. We met a nice Scottish couple on our tour, and a girl from Amsterdam we met in Noosa was also on our tour. We sat around playing ring of fire (aka Kings Cup) that night, and Karianne got her first taste of goon. [Goon is cheap, cheap, cheap boxed wine.] We had many laughs and had a fantastic time getting in know each other.

Day 2 of the tour was my birthday! I had many people throughout the day wish me happy birthday, and it was a fantastic day. We first went to see the colored sand rocks, they were only white and yellow, I was hoping for rainbows! Then off to the champagne pools to enjoy the wonderful sun and blue skies. Then a walk up to Indian Head, where we had panoramic views of the east side of the island and were able to see some sting rays and turtles in the water below. As we were driving to our next stop we spotted some dingos and we got out and were able to take pictures of the dingos in the wild. [Dingos are dangerous animals that can and have attacked humans in the past, usually children.] We went and saw the Maheno ship wreck that crashed into the beaches of Fraser in the 30s on it's way from New Zealand to Japan. And lastly we stopped at Eli Creek and had a dip in the cool freshwater. We were all very well sunned by the end of the day. That evening they were serving Mexican and everything had garlic, so the chef made me a birthday dinner of lamb roast and roasted potatoes. I was in heaven! We played more drinking games with goon and enjoyed happy hour at the bar that evening. It was a great birthday with old and new friends.

Day 3 we spent at 2 lakes. Lake Birrabeen in the morning, and Lake Wabby in the afternoon. It was a very chilled day, just lounging in the sun and swimming in the lakes. The group had found out about my profession and spent the day asking many many questions about my work and what makes people 'crazy'. Karianne tried paddle boarding for the first time, however she didn't do stand up paddle boarding, just kneeling paddling boarding because she was scared of falling off. As we headed back on the ferry that evening we sat with the Scottish couple and reminisced about our whirlwind of a tour and how much fun we had on it! Karianne and I also started dreading that we were about to take a 12 hour overnight bus to our next stop Airlie Beach. 

Next stop Airlie Beach and Whitsunday Islands sailing tour!

Bye for now <3