Fraser Island

Fraser Island couldn’t be more different to Daydream Island. The accommodation is very different and each room has a large balcony looking out onto water surrounded by trees.

View from our balcony

This is a sub-tropical island built on sand and there’s lots of wild life. In fact I awoke to the noises, the only problem was that it was 4am. The noise was deafening and is the equivalent of the ‘dawn chorus’. I couldn’t go back to sleep!

This morning we went on a morning trip into the centre of the island and the only way to get there is by 4-wheel drive. This vehicle was huge and our full group of 15 went together. The track is just sand and it was extremely bumpy. We then went on a track along the rain forest. They had a massive bush fire on the island last October and a lot of the trees are blackened. It’s amazing to see the new growth and fires are seen to be good for an area as it encourages regeneration.

After the walk we went for a swim in Lake McKenzie. The lake is 100% rainwater and it is so clear; it was fabulous and very welcome after the long, hot walk in the rain forest. The temperature here today has been 32 degrees, which is much more bearable than it has been in the past few weeks.

Tonight we walked down to the jetty to watch the sunset. On the way we saw stingrays and sea turtles.

It looks like we’ve left some bad weather behind us as there’s a couple of cyclones developing in the Cairns area and they are now having lots of wind and rain.

Tomorrow we make our way towards Brisbane and we’ll be spending some time at Australia Zoo, the one that the late Steve Irwin made famous.