Fraser Island

Fraser Island is the worlds largest mass of sand in one location, and there right. Literally all sand. There are tree branches and what appears to be dirt but underneath it is sand. I still have sand in my ears and its been days since I was on that island.

So the company for Fraser Island gave us this rad 4x4 range rover to drive around the island for 3 days. I was the primary driver and then we switched off. 9 people: 4 Irish girls that I barely understood cause they had such thick accents, one Swiss-German and one Swiss-french guy and Claire and Jen. Good crew.

The entrance to get on the sand path was insane. Gnarly potholes, deeps sand pits and lots of slow, slow driving. Not to mention its a 4 speed and the steering wheel is on the right hand side. I managed to get by and the driving was really fun. I think I scared everyone quite a few times but I knew what I was doing. I drive in the snow all the time.

We immediately drove north for about 20 km which took about 3 or 4 hours and came upon lake wibby at the top of this sand dune mountain. It was truly amazing. Over hundreds of years this sand dunepushed fresh water to the top of this mountain (sorta like Crater lake). If you got a shovel and brushed out all the leaves at the bottom the lake would unplug. The coolest part of the lake was that you can run down, or rag doll down this sand dune into the water. People were doing 20 cartwheels in a row falling into the water. You could literally slide down sand into the water.

After we played there for a couple of hours we got back into the car and headed north to set up camp. All the other cars congregated here for a big party. Super fun night

The next day we headed north again towards Indian head. This is a shark breeding ground so at the top of the hill you can spot sharks and stingrays all over the place! We got done there and headed south towards Eli creek. This is a classic tropical oasis picture scene. Small, maybe 3 meters wide and cold fresh water. Mangroves and palm trees poking out and covering up the water from the sun. Really cool. On top of that its all sand so you can't even here the water move unless you splash it. So we hung out there for the rest of the day and then set up camp with everyone else again.

The last day we heading south towards lake McKenzie. This took all day to drive to and the roads were torn up. On the way we saw this huge python laying in the road. It wouldn't move so we had to make a new path just to get around this giant snake. As we entered lake McKenzie it reminded me of whithaven beach. Pure white, 99 % silicon grain sand and fresh water. You could swim to the bottom, grab sand and clean your body with this, then drink the water. It was crazy. Just look at my pictures and you'll see what I'm talking about. This was truly the only time I felt clean on this trip. Usually I like to camp and get dirty but this was a whole new level of dirtiness. We hung out there for the rest of the day and then headed south to catch the ferry to head home. Go Fraser Island. I definitely recommend it but the company said that Australia is trying to shut down people going to the island. It might be shut down in 6 months. Check that off the list!

-PEASE I'm out