Maheno Wreck Fraser Island

... 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 ...

... would be places and involve activities I'd actually thought about, rather than following the rest of the herd!!! So, Fraser Island.... the world's largest sand island, off the coast of Queensland, and unfortunately a tiger shark breeding ground (get ...

... ;is great! After quite a long walk up the beach we went to the supermarket to get our food for the following three days on Fraser Island. By the time we got back to our hostel it was dark. The sun seems to set really early here (5:30ish)! The next day ...

We hastily packed our day packs for our three day adventure on Fraser Island whilst eating a breakfast of chilled rock melon. It was rather a rush to check out, store our luggage and get a taxi booked and we were beginning to think we should have made the ...

Hello, Well, we got back from Fraser island yesterday. I know lots of people say "Oh yeah, it was brilliant" but it really was. It's the world's biggest sand island and it literally is just loads of loads of sand, with some beautiful fresh water ...

... an early time to make sure we actually did something on the island... Other bits I've not mentioned about the island that deserve something are the Maheno wreck, Eli Creek and the sea. On the island, you can only swim in the lakes (unless you want to ...

... sands of Fraser Island. These oxides are also responsible for the clay-like bonding effect. The Maheno, a once luxury cruise ship, the most famous of Fraser Island's ship wrecks, was driven ashore north of Eli Creek in 1935. The trans-Tasman liner was ...

... padding! Gratefully we finally arrived in Brisbane to the comfort of Cat and Simon's house and some more R and R!   Though Fraser Island is beautiful, it didn't quite live up to our expectations. I guess the geriatric sardine tour didn't help and ...

... english. Everyone (well, almost) was a laugh and we had fun just driving around in bruce the goon-mobile. We`saw the maheno wreck, a washed up boat, loads of really stunning clear-water lakes (you cant swin in the sea or the sharkies will get you), ...

... the beach and enjoying the small town...met up in the evening with our group, who we would spend the next 3 days driving on Fraser Island with. We played a "team-building" game of pool- there was 2 sets of brothers, a couple, us, and 3 singles on the ...

... of us who are not socialy incapable and played all manner of driniking games, traded random facts and started the unofficali fraser island problem circle "hallo, my name suzie and i have a problem- it happens to be sitting in the bottle of ...

... tot 20cm grote mega-padden, ik had het nog niet eerder gezien.... 12-06-08: De laatste dag Fraser alweer. Ingepakt en richting het Maheno Wreck vertrokken, onderweg gestopt bij Middle Rock/Indian Head wat een enorme cliff is. Genoeg lallende ...

This was to become the first day for 4WD adventure on Fraser Island. Drivers permit and a 20min crash course in 4WD driving is necessary prior entrering the rough road of Fraser. We drove crose the island, a distance around 15km (took us 1,5h). Then we ...

We hired a 4 wheel drive landrover and drove to Riverheads in Hervey Bay to get the barge to Fraser Island.  We landed at Wonggoolba Creek.  The journey from there was very bumpy and uncomfortable on sand roads, but lisa managed to get us there ...

Hired a 4x4 to explore Fraser Island, largest sand island just of the mainland. The off roading was very cool and certainly tested the suspension to the max. There were inland tracks to explore the rainforest and a 75 mile beach to steam down ;) We ...

... island and i had a good time. the weather came thru for me and stayed sunny on the beach day!!! fraser island is a world heritage site in australia. it is the world's largest sand island. it is the mecca for 4x4 enthusiasts. i have not heard a ...