Fraser Island....

Fraser Island photos....

1. the red rocks created from too much rust stuff (what is that called again) and creating these amazing red cliffs.. these are a part of the Cathedrals.

2. a dingo.. look like the mutts in town, but not too nice

3. Lake Wabby - an inland lake being taken over by the blowing sands- funnily called sand blows!

4. after a hike to swim in Lake Wabby we walked across the sand which felt like a desert) to get to the other beach

5. a stick bug- it has beautiful wings that it splays when it it scared

6. this is the only official sand beach highway in the world - 75 miles long on the east side of Fraser Island. Cars cruise along at 100 km/hr!

7. got to jump on a plane for 15-minutes to tour part of the 15,000 hectare (i think) island

8. a view of 75 mile beach from the air

9. the Maheno (?) shipwreck. Stuck on the beach fading away... been there since the 1930's

10. little old me on the Indian Head cliffs.. beautiful views from here! (I slipped and cut open my toe though.. all is well now)

11. Basin Lake.. Looks dark and creep, but the water was warm and clear- You could swim in the ocean because of the undertoes and sharks and things, so the inland lakes is where all the swimming takes place

12. walking through the rain forest. amazingly huge trees up to 3 metres in diameter. Logging was a major industry on the island for a while.

13. me at Lake Mackenzie.. the largest inland lake on the Island... HUGE.. white soft sand, clear warm waters..

14. part of the Fraser Island crew.. Loads of fun.. lots of great people...

15. another sand blow... taking over part of the island the sand is...

I have more, but this is a good representation...

Okay, I realize that it has been awhile since the updates (good to know people are following along..) But I have been out in the middle of no where basically for the last week.. I'll start with the Fraser Island trip..

Fraser Island is a sand Island, that is green as green can be with the whitest softest sand and the clearest pure water one has ever seen. I will try to get a load of photos as they are so much better than I can describe. I did buy a book though that is a great resource for why it exists and what exists on it...

Ultimately over the last 20,000 years (or so) the sand have been flowing up the coast from Sydney and settling behind some volcanic rocks. Then the waters underneath have been pushing up through the layers of sand and creating pure spring water, flowing as clear as ever, is some places it looks like the streams are dry beds the water is so clear. then there are rain forests on the island, created by the incredibly high trees blocking the sun from the lower trees and creating the rain forest.

The weather had its good and bad moments, but there was only one shower where we almost didn't make it back on the bus.

really spectacular it all is... borrow my book when I get home.

We had a great group and an fantastic guide... he loves his job and went above and beyond for us.. we stayed at a hostel type place and sat on the deck and had a couple of drinks each night. then got together for supper upon the return back to Hervey Bay (where the hostel was crappy)..

I'll do more later... off to meet the boat crew... miss y'all..

PS.. the OZexperience bus has been great.. right on schedule (you know me and schedules), great recommendations, and a great way of meeting people from one place to the next.. a girl from Noosa is on the computer behind me and there were four girls from the bus on the boat, all is good!