From Noosa, we headed for one of the most famous Ozzie natural attractions: Fraser Island. Now we had a bit of bad luck as we had to wait a day in Hervey Bay before we could take a tour of the Island. We didn't want to rent our own 4x4 and go to the island by ferry because of the sometimes dangerous conditions, permits, environmental concerns (more cars = more damage) and the high rental fees. So a tour it was.
Some info about Fraser Island: it's the largest sand island in the world and contains more sand than the Sahara desert. It is also World Heritage Listed just as places like Ayer's Rock/Uluru and Kakadu National Park. The island is fully covered in different types of vegetation even though there's only sand to grow on. All in all, it's a unique ecosystem found nowhere else in the world (at least on that scale). Wow! Guess that would indeed be worth checking out then. The lower pic sets Sois in between some very old rainforest, one of the many different vegetations found on the island. Big trees indeed!
Man amidst ancient giants
We got to the island by a nice 1 hour ferry ride. The exploration of the island was done in a big, airconditioned 4wd bus (think big luxury Uni-Mog here) on very bad, narrow, and extremely bumpy roads. We visited the famous Seventy-Five Mile Beach, the coloured sands (big sand rock-like formations), the fast-flowing Eli Creek spilling into the ocean loaded with tourists and backpacker puddling about like idiots in knee-high water, and finally, the Maheno shipwreck and a nice fresh water lake (the island is full of fresh water lakes created by rainfall). And there you have it: a snapshot of Fraser Island. It was very beautiful and really deserves to be up there with the other Ozzie natural/cultural stars.
Chel & Sois and their shipwreck
From Noosa, we headed for one of the most famous Ozzie natural attractions: Fraser Island. Now we had a bit of bad luck as we had to wait a day in Hervey Bay before we could take a tour of the Island. We didn't want to rent our own 4x4 and go to the island by ferry because of the sometimes dangerous conditions, permits, environmental concerns (more cars = more damage) and the high rental fees. So a tour it was. 
Some info about Fraser Island: it's the largest sand island in the world and contains more sand than the Sahara desert. It is also World Heritage Listed just as places like Ayer's Rock/Uluru and Kakadu National Park. The island is fully covered in different types of vegetation even though there's only sand to grow on. All in all, it's a unique ecosystem found nowhere else in the world (at least on that scale). Wow! Guess that would indeed be worth checking out then. The lower pic sets Sois in between some very old rainforest, one of the many different vegetations found on the island. Big trees indeed!
Man amidst ancient giants
We got to the island by a nice 1 hour ferry ride. The exploration of the island was done in a big, airconditioned 4wd bus (think big luxury Uni-Mog here) on very bad, narrow, and extremely bumpy roads. We visited the famous Seventy-Five Mile Beach, the coloured sands (big sand rock-like formations), the fast-flowing Eli Creek spilling into the ocean loaded with tourists and backpacker puddling about like idiots in knee-high water, and finally, the Maheno shipwreck and a nice fresh water lake (the island is full of fresh water lakes created by rainfall). And there you have it: a snapshot of Fraser Island. It was very beautiful and really deserves to be up there with the other Ozzie natural/cultural stars. 
Chel & Sois and their shipwreck
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