Rainbow Beach and Fraser Island
Trip Start
Aug 21, 2006
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Trip End
Nov 24, 2006
Fraser Island,
Australia
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
There's not much in Rainbow, but Pipe and I found a couple of things to amuse ourselves before we had to be back for the all-important Fraser Island 4 x 4 safari briefing. We went to the Carlo sandblow which is (as you can see from the pictures) an amazing sand dune, that sits between the forest and the sea. We stupidly decided that it would be fun to race down the hill of the dune then back up again...I won...just, but the cost was high: our legs burnt like never before and both our lungs were about ready to pop out of our chests! It was fun though. Then, even more stupidly, we decided it would be easier to climb down the cliff than to go back via the path...it wasn't. There were a couple of points where I started to feel a little worried about hanging onto a cliff, made out of hardened sand, about 30 feet up. But it was ok, your intrepid adventurers emerged unscathed!
Anyway, our high octane lifestyle continued with the self-drive 4x4 safari. Those of you familiar with Dool's blog will be acquainted with the idea of giving 9 people the keys to a Toyota Landcruiser and let them get on with burning around the idyllic island of Fraser. Needless to say, both of us put in Michael Schumacher-esque performances behind the wheel and in the words of the bloke we hired the jeep from, the legend that is Merv, (your best aussie accent now) 'No drama.'
We spent the non-driving time drinking and throwing the ol' pigskin around with a couple of crazy Canadian jocks that were in our group. One pissed over his mate, in the tent, one night, and the other was sick over his mate, in the tent again, the next!
The lakes were beautiful, as you can see form the pics, the Toyota was a beast of a machine that was very enjoyable to drive, and all-in-all it was a top trip.
