Lake McKenzie Fraser Island

... in a 10 bed dorm (Would you believe - our first dorm since we started travelling) All 10 people who were going to Fraser Island stayed together. Ourselves and 6 Germans. We all met up that evening to watch a safety video and sort out food and drink for ...

... and the lake was even more magnificent. I have never seen water as blue and fresh as the water I saw in lake Mckenzie. We jumped in and swam to the Island in the middle , the whole time looking under the water that was as clear as my head at the time. ...

... , for a while before braving the long walk back to the 4x4. The one place we all wanted to revisit before leaving the island was Lake McKenzie, the closest to the paradise we all wanted to experience. For this reason we knew we had to leave plenty of ...

... pre-historic, this is one of only a few places in the world where they strive. Then we moved onto Lake McKenzie situated in the centre of the island for a swim in the crystal clear fresh water. Staying at the Kingfisher bay resort tonight on the west ...

... drive, and takes some getting used to, but by the time we reach the ferry, can reverse in with ease! - 40 minutes across to Fraser Island, switch to 4WD mode, and through the dirt/sand tracks, which are very rough and very rutted - there is no way you ...

... and getting a bit sweaty. It was pretty gorgeous though. The best was still to come though as we returned to Lake McKenzie in the sunshine. Azure water, white sands. Friday 6th February Yes it's turle laying and hatching season in Bundaberg. Didnt ...

... and later more drinking and star gazing was on at Eurong station. Final day we visited the magnificent Lake McKenzie, which looked more like a tropical island than lake and the quite central station for cockatoo spotting in the trees. So we all ...

... have been a close encounter with a tree (which incidentally our insurance wouldn't cover us for....) We stopped off at Lake McKenzie first, an absolutely beautiful freshwater lake, with turquoise water and white beaches. Words just can't describe how ...

We left the farm and headed off to Fraser Island. This is the world's largest sand island. It is world heritage listed. I am not sure what that means, but it seems impressive, so I included it. The first night we got to the island around 7 pm. That is ...

... low just bombing through 2' deep soft sand and bouncing all over the place. Didnt even get stuck like most the other groups! Lake mckenzie had flour white sand and gorgeous water. Swam accross the lake and ran back before we left. Rough ride back down to ...

... was in a hell of a worse state after the army used it for target practice. The afternoon was spent swimming in Lake McKenzie - the biggest freshwater lake on the island. All in all a great day spent with a great driver/guide from Fraser Explorer Tours.

Entry Picture Link: http://picasaweb.google.com.au/ThreeVagabonds/MackayToFraserIsland# Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island and the setting of our latest adventure! (http://www.fraserisland.net/) After leaving Hervey Bay, we headed just a ...

... a few more kilometres of inland road we arrived at the beach for the return journey.  The beach is Fraser Island's equivalent of a motorway.  However, there is no central reservation so judging how much space to leave oncoming vehicles so ...

... a 5 minute tutorial of how to drive the 4x4 we were packed onto the ferry for the 30 minute journey to Fraser Island. The first stop there was Lake McKenzie which is a crystal clear fresh water lake where the water is so pure it's like swimming in Evian, ...

... to get up and go. Grahmo chased off the Dingos with his massive stick... Din' go there. We had some breakfast and were off to lake McKenzie. Laura got buried in the sand and Elaine and Doni and Jake the snake got locked on the beach. We had a bit of tag ...

Are you experienced? We experienced Fraser island a bit differently and stayed on Aboriginal soil. Jimi Hendrix could play he guitar upside down, so could our Aboriginal host Aron. Before setting off on the island we staed at next ...

... blown to shore by a cyclone in 1935 while being towed to a Japanese scrapyard. After taking a few pictures we set off for Lake McKenzie. (Another quick fact...like many of the lakes on Fraser, it is 'perched' - formed by water accumulating on top of a ...

... and two nights were spent in tents trying to keep on the good side of the island Rangers and the local Dingo's. Fraser Island highlights included splashing around in the the fresh water of Eli Creek, the Maheno Ship Wreck, managing to avoid getting stuck ...

... lookout way up over the thrashing ocean - Indian Head. as well we headed inland from the ocean to a white-sand, freshwater lake - Lake McKenzie. Very cool place. Had a ledge probably 30 feet wide that remained a foot or two deep for miles = the best ...

... . They just walked around the camp and then went. i expect they came round when we were all asleep. In the morning we headed for Lake Mckenzie which was the last thing we would see as the boat was leaving at 3.30 and had to get the van back to the depot ...