Fraser Island

OK!! so we will all stay out of the water

Fraser Islands World Heritage Listing ranks it with Uluru, kakadu and the Great Barrier Reef it is a precious part of Australias natural and cultural heritage.  This sand island stretches 123km long and 22km wide, it is the largest sand island in the world.  Its very popular with tourists who rent their own 4 x 4 and come camping and driving on the island for a week at a time.

Quite a lot of 4X4 's go to Fraser Island
it is a real destination with the Back Packers

As the sun rises we are all loaded onto a barge (the local ferry)
for our 30 min trip to the Island

The water in  Lake Mackenzie is clear, cold and
very silky on the feet

It is a beautiful place before the crowds arrive.

Remember the croc sign?
well there is no way she is going in!!

These 4X4 busses were great
with the long wheel base they would go anywhere our driver was crazy and went really fast
thru the sand but he was a great driver.

Elli creek

The 4x4 UTE is a real  Aussy thing
and on the 75 mile beach must be a lot of fun
I thought for a minute about bringing the bike
but she dosnt like the sand!

The rusting hull of the shipwrecked Maheno made
for some great photo's.

Stuck in the sand since 1935

Then there are the  Famous Dingos of Fraser Island

Don't be fooled they do attack the tourists
 from time to time, there are signs that read, 
"if you feed the Dingos you are as much as sentencing them to death"

April 27th 2011 News Headlines
A three-year-old girl was lucky to have escaped with only bite wounds when attacked by two dingoes on Fraser Island, says one of her rescuers.


Believe it or not the Mother and Grandmother let the three year old go into the bush on her own to go to the bathroom. Unfortunately the Dingos were caught and destroyed.

The sun goes down as we are barged
 back to the mainland, we had had a long day 
but a great day out!