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What the hell can I say for this...Fraser Island may have been one of the most amazing times of my life?
We booked onto a self drive 4x4 Safari, and for you people that don't know Fraser Island is the biggest Sand Island in the world. So it was off-roading in the middle of no where with 8 Random Strangers.
The group consisted of Jules and I, Luke an English guy, Adam and Kay English Couple, Pat and Nick Irish Mates, Sarah and Sidsel two Danish girls and a French girl called Elodie.
We had to pack our own 4 x 4's with BBQ's, tents and everything you'd need for camping, and do our own shopping for meat (food) and drink. So it was a really big task, but it united the group really well. The place we picked up the cars was a coastal hostel, a second's walk from the Beach in Harvey Bay.
The 5.30 am start was well worth it, we all got involved and had a briefing, telling us what we could and couldn't do on the Island. Was like a school video, saying we were going to die in Fraser Island and were not allowed to have any fun.... (Little did they know!!!?)
We head of with Luke being the DJ, a job he took very well too. The crossing was a 40 minute ferry ride and then it was out on our own into the wilderness. We decided to head inland to start with, to a natural lake called Lake McKenzie. This is like nothing I have ever seen before, it is simply stunning. When you get to the opening and see the two colours of the water, one dark blue and the other light, it was a stand still, mouth open moment. It was gorgeous, a fresh water lake in the middle of a sand island. All the boys immediately ran into the water and swam. The water was really refreshing, and crystal clear. From the water the beach was stunning, no civilization in sight, and a completely untouched beach paradise. We followed it up by having a game of beach football, which was extremely tiring but loads of fun.
None of us really wanted to leave this lake, it was that beautiful but alas we had to get across the island to the beach. Next stop was the northern part of the island, a place called Indian Head. When we reached the opening for the beach after an hour or so's off roading from the lake, the trees parted and there it was, miles of beach in both direction and the South Pacific Ocean crashing in land in front of us. Pat took the wheel and nearly killed us going over a beach rivet at 60 kph - I thought we were all going to drown as the car splashed water everywhere and dropped about a foot. We survived and arrived at Indian Head after driving the beach for around an hour and a half!
Climbed the cliff and from here, the view of the beach which we had just driven was amazing, it stretches for further than the eye can see. And the front of this cliff drops sharply into the ocean. We stayed here for an hour or so, watching the sea. Now we saw everything from Whales to Tiger Sharks, Turtles to Sting Rays, and because the water was so clear you could see them jumping, catching fish, everything! I could have stayed here for hours, but we had to set up camp before it got dark. And we were camping - yes you guessed it, on the beach! Found a great spot and the other group with Luke, Kel and Shawn in it joined us. With the sun going down we had our tents pitched, food on the go a wild dingo circling the camp, the night started perfectly. And didn't disappoint, we had music, beer and great company. I chatted to a girl called Gemma for a long while who was awesome, and we watched the stars again seeing the Milky Way and shooting stars in an uninhabited paradise beach. Passing out in our tents and not rising until the sun hit them the next morning.
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