Another long drive to Hervey Bay where we parked our car for the ferry to Fraser Island for a 3 night stay. Fraser Island is the world's largest sand island. I was told that there is more sand in the island (both beneath & above sea level) than in the Sahara. Only special 4x4 vehicles are allowed on the island as the tracks are particularly difficult.
We stay in a very nice central resort with our balcony overlooking a swampy, rainforest area. Very much a Back-to-Nature feel to the place.
We took a Beauty Spots day-tour to see different parts of the island on a specially adapted 4WD coach as the sand tracks are in places very steep & bumpy.
We had a long initial drive to the other side of the island, to Eurong which is on the "75-Mile Beach". There is an airport on the beach as well as the large wreck of the Maheno. We also drive to Eli Creek and the Pinnacles, visit the abandoned logging centre and have a swim in the freshwater lake, Lake McKenzie. Lake McKenzie's location is idyllic, a large reef lake with white sand surrounded by tropical trees.
In our walks on the island we unfortunately did not see any dingoes, even though there are supposed to be a large population of them on the island.
Walking on the beach was fascinating seeing the different types of small crabs. We were told the patterns of worm casts that the crabs make are likely to be the source of inspiration for Aborigine dot paintings.
Sunsets on the jetty were magical as you can see in the photo at the bottom of this page.
