Day 1 Fraser Island:
Just before we start the night before Wooz caught another bream
Up at 5.30am, leave on barge at 6.15,
drop the tyre pressure to 27, cruise up the beach,
stop at the Mahano wreck,
all the way to Champagne Pools (95km) arriving at 8am and just when all is going well get bogged going up to carpark (absolutely buried), 8.10 start digging, 8.30 a car roles up and drives past us then stops and pulls us out (bang) even though took 3 attempts,
Dropped tyre presuure to 18psi (much better). 9am see whales out at sea as walking down to pools, then get down there and have a swim and tried to catch fish with net,
had brekky then headed off at 10.30, went to Waddy Point and climbed up sandblow (steep iz) and did a couple of runs down,
and headed back to Indian Head at 12.30. Saw goanna hugging a tree
then climbed Indian Head and saw bronze whaler shark swimming around in the shore behind the photo.
1.30pm took car past trees at Indian Head and then down to Eli Creek. Floated down the creek a few times and boys jumped out of tree into swimming hole,
then left for barge about 3.30pm, saw dingo. 4.15pm Catch barge back and hit skatepark, boys doing big airs. 5.30pm showers then hit the pub for a massive feed then boys in bed at 8pm (still on fire).
Day 2 Fraser Island.
Up at 6am. Quick croissant for the boys for brekky, load up and head off arriving for 7am barge arse.
We were the first car to go across for the morning but they waited to get more cars and didn't get over til 7.30am. Hooned off up the beach
to Eurong (no youwrong, no youwrong) then into Central Station and some nice walks in the rainforest,
bit of climbing trees
bit of swinging on vines and a bit of fighting with sticks. Pretty cold in the forest first thing in morning, so headed off to Lake Mackenzie at about 10.30. Sooo inviting for a swim so jumped in and swam around with the goggles having a look while the boys paddled around on the lilos.
Arch swam over and I showed him a little turtle I found swimming around then we took him over to show the boys. Then we all got pretty cold and played some games on the beach for a while (jumping through the ring) then went up to the feeding area that was fenced in. Cooked some snags on our little barbee and had a big feed, then drove down to the Lake Wabby walk from the beach (saw our second dingo - tagged and collared with a tracking device) and did the 5km return walk at about 2.30.
Great sandblow (love a good sandblow) down to the lake and the boys loved fighting each other and flying down to land in the water. Big catfish swimming around in the water too, but we didn't see Wobby, so walked back to the car and drove back to barge. Stopped at the Pinnacles.
Saw a huge tuna jump out of the water too. Cruised home and did the big car wash, underneath, over and in, and pumped back up the tyres. Dora performed excellently on Fraser but took an absolute beating. Wallaby Ted's brother tonight (Roo Ted) so early to bed then off to Bagara tomorrow.
Day 3 Post Fraser
Got up at 6 again to make sure we get packed up and off to our new destination early for once, but to no avail. Strangely all these people in the caravan park wanted a chat, then we got coffees, then we washed the camper, then we stopped for lunch at a great woodfire pizza place just north of Childers (Max was a legend), so we arrived in Bagara at our usual 3pm time, got set up nicely (lots of space on a nice grassy site) while the boys had a skate and then Kirst realized she left her bag at Max's which added another 130km to the day! Back at 7.30 for some vegetarian fried rice and Arch thinks we are turning Japanese and then I find out a kid tried to get Nathanial to have a smoke at the skatepark. What a day.
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