We went on a three day, two night 4WD self-drive trip on Fraser Island. Fraser is an island of sand just off the east coast near Rainbow Beach. It is unusual because forest grows on it on sand.
We got put in a group of 11, packed up the van and set off with just a few guidelines to follow! Crazy! On the island, the beach was the road and your campsite was in the sand-dunes.
It was fantastic, we swam in beautiful fresh water lakes and took loads of photos of the amazing scenery. Some highlights were the Mahino shipwreck which you could get right up close to and seeing the native dingos.
We couldn't drive being under 21 but quite frankly didn't want to- we were quite happy to let the Swedes (again!) handle the wash-outs and temperamental gear box! Somehow we got put in charge of the cooking, and we made a 36 egg scrambled egg for breakfast on day two (it was all eaten!). Cooking in the dark in the evening meant our steaks were pretty rare, but fortunately three peolpe in the group were french and they loved it. Something we didn't miss when we left for home were the enormous flies we called MONSTER flies which ate us alive during dawn and dusk (yes, we were up that early!). On the way back on the very last day we managed to get stuck in some wet sand as we attempted to round the head at high-tide. Stupidly we had let the Chilean drive and he did not listen to anyone! Problem was, when we tried to dig the wheels out, the van just sank further in. Absolute nightmare! Anyway, luckily some Aussies turned up and towed us out but not before all the other groups arrived to watch us...
We got put in a group of 11, packed up the van and set off with just a few guidelines to follow! Crazy! On the island, the beach was the road and your campsite was in the sand-dunes.
It was fantastic, we swam in beautiful fresh water lakes and took loads of photos of the amazing scenery. Some highlights were the Mahino shipwreck which you could get right up close to and seeing the native dingos.
We couldn't drive being under 21 but quite frankly didn't want to- we were quite happy to let the Swedes (again!) handle the wash-outs and temperamental gear box! Somehow we got put in charge of the cooking, and we made a 36 egg scrambled egg for breakfast on day two (it was all eaten!). Cooking in the dark in the evening meant our steaks were pretty rare, but fortunately three peolpe in the group were french and they loved it. Something we didn't miss when we left for home were the enormous flies we called MONSTER flies which ate us alive during dawn and dusk (yes, we were up that early!). On the way back on the very last day we managed to get stuck in some wet sand as we attempted to round the head at high-tide. Stupidly we had let the Chilean drive and he did not listen to anyone! Problem was, when we tried to dig the wheels out, the van just sank further in. Absolute nightmare! Anyway, luckily some Aussies turned up and towed us out but not before all the other groups arrived to watch us...
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