Fraser

As part of my package I got to experience the amazing Fraser Island which is an island made completely of sand off the east coast. I headed there from a place called Rainbow Beach which was on the mainland. Rainbow Beach didn't really have much around but I think that is mostly due to the fact people only go there to head off on a tour to Fraser. Before you head off on your trip you are put in groups of eight to spend the time together doing the most fun part - driving four wheel drives across the sand. We had to get up quite early to leave to go to the island (anyone who thought traveling meant laying around sleeping think again). I offered to be the first person to take the wheel and I am glad I did as I got to do mostly road driving and therefore didn't make too much of a fool of myself :o) Once we got across to the island we headed off in convey taking it in turns to race down the beach to the most amazing lake. It really was just beautiful and it made a nice change to swim in fresh water. Someone said it reminded them of Canada however having never been I wouldn't know. Guess I will get to find out next year! :o) After we finished up there we headed to the campsite we would be staying in with our luxury suites and by luxury suites I actually mean tiny tents with no underfloor padding. Fantastic. That night we cooked dinner in our groups and mostly just drunk until we were all too tired or tipsy to carry on and headed off to our homes for the night. I think the alcohol helped as I pretty much passed out as soon as my head hit the "pillow" and I didn't wake up till the next morning. All I can say is sleeping on the floor may be good for your back but I honestly felt like someone had gone ten rounds with me in a boxing ring. Oh and joy we got to do it all over again that night as well. Couldn't wait. That day after breakfast we headed off to the Champagne pools. Now Vicky do not get excited they are not actually filled with Champagne the waves coming in just made them look like that. After that we went to float down a pure water creek which was a bit like being at a water park which was really fun. Finally we went to look at a shipwreck on the beach and sat around whilst our lead driver told us the story of it (it wasn't that exciting so I won't share it with you). Again that night people got on the drink however after the previous night there was a huge lack of enthusiasm and most people just sat round the campfire or went to the beach to look at the stars. Unfortunately on the last day it started to rain - not sure if you have heard about the Cylone here, well that was causing a little bit of a rain issue for us. Anyway we didn't let it affect us too much and we still headed off to do our last days activities. This involved climbing a hill for forty five minutes only to spend about fifteen minutes at the top to walk back down, all in the pouring rain. Super fun. That pretty much ended our trip on Fraser Island and although the whole experience was brilliant I have never enjoyed having a shower so much and our hostel felt like five star accommodation when we got back. All I would like to say though to end this post is....... I HATE CAMPING!! -x-