So in my last Travel Tuesday, waaaay back in April, I was at the Sunshine Coast with the kids. It’s a tie between whether we spent more time at the beach or singing “Do You Want to Build a Snow Man?” A little ironic, I know.
Anyway, after the week was up, my boss took the kids back to Toowoomba and I went to do a little more traveling. I booked a trip with Sunset Safari and did a two day tour of Fraser Island, which was SO interesting. There are no roads on the island so people just drive big cars along the stretch of beach. This is actually ok because you can’t really swim at the beach because there aren’t shark nets around the island. Also, there are wild dingoes. So, everyone huddles around the fresh water rivers that flow out of the center of the island. This clearly worked for me. I mean, finally! Everyone was agreeing with me that going into the ocean would mean getting your leg chewed off. Finally!!
On Day 2, we hiked through the rainforest and then went swimming in a mineral lake which had the clearest water I’ve ever seen. Then we headed off the island and back to our respective cities. I went back to Brisbane where I expected to head back to Toowoomba but ended up taking an additional trip. More on that in the next Travel Tuesday. For now, Fraser Island highlights!
*As usual, click for larger images*
Day 1
Fraser Island!
Our giant bus.
This is the Maheno shipwreck and hands down my favorite part of the tour. You are just driving along the beach and all of a sudden, there’s a ship wreck! I really enjoyed photographing it.
shipwreck
shipwreck. I have a million shots of the barnacles on the ship.
shipwreck
shipwreck
some colored sand rocks. Unfortunately, you can’t see it super well, but the rocks were striped with different colored reds and browns
Climb up to Indian Head. My only complaint on the trip was the constant change between hanging on the beach and hiking up mountains. It’s a sneaker sports, jk it’s a flip flop activity, jk again back on with the sneakers. As someone who loathes sand, this was my worst nightmare. Sand in the sneakers! I didn’t realize we were hiking this mountain, though, so ended up hiking it in my $5 Old Navy flip flops. I wouldn’t recommend it.
The view from Indian Head. We didn’t see any turtles, dolphins or whales as advertised but the hike was still worth it!
Wild Dingo at Eli Creek. The million and one signs tell you to Do Not Feed Dingoes!! And you know, don’t leave your baby unattempted.
Eli Creek. It’s completely fresh water and is sort of like a natural lazy refer. People swim in it and hang out around the base of it like they would a beach. The water flows right our of here into the ocean
Day 2
Pine Valley Hike. It was very strange to be hiking through what felt like a forest and have palm trees and crystal clear water. You could definitely tell you were somewhere more tropical then New England!
weird tree roots. You’ll see more of those later
Lake Birrabeen
The water and sand. It’s so clear!!
Lake Birrabeen
More trees with weird roots. Check out the close-up below
yeap! Those are roots. I bet you can just imagine the nickname this tree is given!
Ok! That’s it for my Fraser Island tour. I spared you the 8 million barnacle pictures that I took and tried to focus on the highlights. Recipes to return later this week!
wickedvegan.com 