Beachside Motor Inn Hervey Bay

... br>Didn't do anything else that day except go set up camp along the 75km beach, make sure we were dingo safe and start drinking with another jeepload of folks. Luckily one of them had a guitar (didn't want to risk taking mine) so naturally I busted some tunes out. Having a circle of people singing "I'm Yours" never gets boring.<br><br>Never seen so many stars in the sky either ...

... on the sands and thus forming a watertight layer capable of preventing water from leeching away. With white sand and clear blue water, all thought of the disadvantages of not being able to swim in the sea were gone and we passed a good few hours in blissful sunshine until we were called back to the bus to head to the next lake. After a quick stop at Fraser's coloured sand cliffs (said to have 52 different colours ranging from yellow through to brown ...

... dem Morning Tea ging es dann weit** zum Wrack d** Maheno, einem ehemaligen Luxusdampf**, d** 1935 auf seinem Weg nach Japan in einem Sturm hi** am Strand auf Grund gelaufen ist. Von dem Ding gibt&#8217;s richtig schöne Bild**, ab** wir waren ja in ein** Gruppe unt**wegs (und nebenbei auch nicht die einzige Gruppe dort), so dass imm** wied** jemand ins Bild gelaufen ist. Ein Spani** in uns**** Gruppe hat es wirklich geschafft, sich auf mehr als die H ...

... Fahrt bevor. Mit einem kurzen Stopp für Einkäufe (diesmal aber nur Lebensmittel) und zum Abendessen (wir waren heute endlich mal im Hungry Jacks, das ist eine australische Fastfood-Kette &#8211; hängt aber wohl irgendwie mit Burger King zusammen) haben wir die jetzt aber auch hinter uns gebracht und sind in Hervey Bay angekommen. Morgen früh (mit der Betonung auf FRÜH) werden wir dann zu einer 2-Tages-Tour nach Fraser Island abgeholt!

... br> <br>Fuer den naechsten Tag hatten sich alle fuer die Inselrundfahrt eingetragen, ich sass in meinem Zimmer und habe die naechste Tour vorbereitet. Mittags machte ich einen kurzen Spaziergang, um ein bisschen frische Luft zu schnappen. <br> Am spaeten Nachmittag kamen alle ein bisschen durchgeruettelt, die Sandpisten waren sehr weich gewesen, aber voller schoener Eindruecke zurueck.

... cooking for one anyway as you often have waste or leftovers that aren't used and are chucked or left for someone else. <br><br>From here on in I'll need to make sure I eat cheapily, no bakers or sandwhich takeaways, no expensive drinks (the hardest part!), the cheaper accomodation, no snacks or sweets during the day and less internet time I've spent a fortune on that recently!! It's so expensive everywhere you go. But you ...

... fast enough to do what we want. Anyway after a few phonecalls we've booked our bus back on ourselves to Noosa, from here we plan to visit Australia Zoo where Steve Irwin became famous for saying 'Crikey' a lot and maybe learn to surf. From here we plan to start heading up to Cairns to visit Laura's cousin, stopping at a few more towns along the way to break up the journey. We just haven ...

... people to visit it if they ever come out travelling on the East Coast of Oz. <br><br>We decided to do a 3 Day 2 Night Lodge with 4WD Guided Safari. The Island itself was truly beautiful on a number of levels, and words can&#8217;t do it justice, and as much as I enjoyed photography there, it can only be truly appreciated by the means of physical experience. The company we booked through was Cool Dingo, there are many companies that act as sub agents, but are ...

... to our site just in time for a Ferres beachfront tradition -'sundowner's at sunset'. <br><br>We took our (plastic) glasses of wine and found the perfect spot on the beach to watch as the blazing orange sun performed an amazing light and colour display, turning the sky into a dusky rainbow. <br><br>Having worked up an appetite (yes, again) we headed across the road to Gringo's Mexican restaraunt. It was Barb's first ever mexican experience ...

... headed to the beautiful Lake McKenzie - a beautiful perched freshewater lake, surrounded by white sands. I went for a swim in the lovely, warm water but it was pretty unfortunate it was ******* down outside. The driving rain had also put paid to any Dingo spotting we hoped to do, which was a shame but the way it goes. All in all had a great time on Fraser though and I do recommend a visit, just watch out for those horseflies and deeper than expected creeks!