Fraser Island

FRASER ISLAND

Fraser Island was our 3rd destination point of our Queensland holiday. We rented an 8 seater off road vehicle and caught a ferry across Hervey Bay to the island. The island is completely sand, in fact it is the largest sand island in the world. Fraser Island is also known for its many Dingos. Every dingo on the island is a pure breed so they do not allow anyone to bring dogs onto the island. They don't want any mixed breeds. There were also no paved roads on the island. If we didn't have the 4 wheel drive we would have been stuck in the sand after about 50 metres. They were the bumpiest, steepest, curviest roads I have ever seen. Jake loved it. He saw it as a mini roller coaster. The first place we drove to on the island was Lake McKenzie. The lake was beautiful and had a white sand beach around the whole thing. Most of us jumped in the lake and swam around for bit.

When we were done at the lake we drove to the east side of the island to have lunch at the beach. We probably drove about 30 kms up the beach and hung there for the afternoon. It was a cloudless warm day, as were all the rest of our days on holiday, and the beach was great. We weren't allowed to swim though because the water was filled with tiger sharks. There have been many shark attacks here and there were also heaps of warning signs about all the sharks. When we were driving back from the beach, Joann spotted the dingo laying on the side of the beach. When we drove past, it ran by and we got some good pictures.
After the beach we drove to another lake. The second lake was very similar to the first. It had the same white sand. Also the sand was very very fine. We also swam at the lake and played on the beach. Once we were done at the lake we caught the ferry back to the mainland. We took up the whole day at the island in the beautiful warm weather right in the middle of winter.

Now we are back in school for term 3 and Taylor is still at our house. We have been out in the water a lot learning how to surf. We miss you all very much and can't wait to see you all again.

Cheers, Kyle