Comfort Resort Kondari Resort Inn Hervey Bay

... We exchanged book recommendations and she gave me travel advice for my trip to India, something I'm always interested in hearing.
That night we had a briefing which layed out all of the information we needed to know for our Fraser Island trip, much of it being: "Do not feed the Dingo's!" It was a self-guided tour meaning they gave us all of the info we would need, put us into groups, handed over the keys to a bright pink 4WD, and left us on our own to push ...

... love to bring my Jeep out here. We were sad to leave the island but look forward to our next destinations.

We have two more weeks left in Australia before we head to Thailand. So far Australia has been awesome and a nice change up from New Zealand. The next couple of events on our agenda is a one day sailing trip around the Whitsunday islands and then up to Cairns. We will definately post another update before we leave Australia.

Take Care!
Brett & Jen

... y las hojas y
restos vejetales han impermeabilizado la arena en algunas zonas formando
lagos inmensos. El agua es cristalina, y potable! Realmente, puedes nadar
y beber tranquilamente al mismo tiempo. En todo este tiempo no hemos encontrado
ni rastro de la Cafetera. Manhana nos dirijimos a Brisbane, donde hay
una considerable comunidad de italianos, y podria ser que hubiera encontrado
trabajo ...

... some visitors to the island decide to feed the dingoes, which has contributed to eroding their natural fear of humans. They won’t approach people directly, but they will approach camp to go after an unguarded cooler or snack. As I also discovered, if you have the misfortune of needing to use the loo at night after everyone has retired, you are liable to find a pack of dingoes wandering around camp looking for scraps and howling like mad. Despite their small size ...

Day 290-291 Hervey Bay Wed 16th – Thurs 17th Sept 2009

Up at the crack of dawn and we are away by 8am. Greg has decided to have a rest from exercise this morning, he has been flogging himself of late. I am concerned he is obsessed with maintaining his new figure, now at an all time low (since I have known him) of 85kg.

We stopped for peanuts just out of Childers, the famous flavoured Kingaroy variety. Greg and I ...

... the photos, at which point Rachel left the pool rapidly – yuk!

Due to the tides, we had to drive back to the campsite for lunch where we had another BBQ then walked to the beach and sat on the remaining sand not covered in sea or being driven on by the non-hire 4WDs who could drive whenever and wherever they want. Three of the boys decided to run to Eli creek which didn’t look far on the map, so off they went, only to return 2 ½ hours later having run 8km either way in ...

... the beach so we could watch the sunset and we all huddled together on the beach as it was still windy and we were still in our board shorts. After lovely sunset LJ and I headed for the main reception to organize our Whale Watching trip, that our friend Jodi (lady we meet at the Elephants in Thailand who helped us book this whole trip to Fraser Island and gave us a nice discount on it all as well). We just got it all squared away in time to catch the bus up ...

... you need has to get handed down and food has to go up again because of the Dingos - it can get tiring but it is part of the adventure. :) The next day we sat off to see more of the island such as Indian Head (a gorgeous look out) and the Champagne Pools (lovely pools secured from the sea by some rocky patches to swim in...usually one cannot swim at the beaches as they are not secured from sharks with nets or anything). The ...

... out eating humble pie with cut feet, hands, legs, the lot. Memories of champagne rock pools will partly be fun but also savlon and sticky plasters! Now cameras at the ready as we spot our first whale from Indian Head, the best vantage point for the island and tons of dolphins! We then visit rainbow sands, maheno ship wreck and we wade through Eli Creek. Andrea and I grab the opportunity to take the plane up over the island along with a ...

... free beers for my reward. There's a large for deck providing plenty of walking room to wander, when your friends are getting too intense, or legs too cramped.



Most importantly the first of it kind feature is the large underwater viewing area where you can see these humpback whales almost toying with you, rolling and coming in and out of the bottom of the boat as if they are performing for you. Four windows are there, so no "elbow him/her out of the way ...