8 Mar: Fraser Island (QLD).

Maheno shipwreck on Fraser Island

Our package at Kingfisher included a tour of part of Fraser Island called the 4WD Highlights Tour. +Marc and I were picked up in only what can be described as what you would imagine transport to be on the moon. Seriously it was a 40 person coach that had 4WD tires and wacky suspension. Reason: Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world. So 99.9% of the island is sand and that is what you drive on.

Marc getting mocked by young Aussie when he complained the water was too cold

Anyway we went off on the bus tour and it felt like a roller coaster. Our driver actually termed part of the road we took to one of our destinations "the roller coaster"! If you get car sick or motion sickness of any kind, Fraser Island is probably not the place for you. We saw Lake McKenzie, the Pinnacles (different to what we saw in WA), the Maheno shipwreck, Eli Creek (Marc floated down with the current) and Central Station, which was an old village where people lived when logging was still allowed.

Overall it was a good day and other than a rain shower as we were coming back from checking out Lake McKenzie, it was nice to be outside enjoying some warm weather. I'll say that wearing the Deet gets old quickly even though it works. We caught a sunset on the jetty, had some dinner and called it a night since we had another tour booked for the next day.

Thanks again for tuning in. Oh, and no dingoes yet on the island - they definitely have a good concentration of them here!