After our arrival in Airlie Beach at 7AM I checked into the Beaches Hostel and decided to take a nap until the town woke up. When I later went across the street to a nice little cafe to get a more substantial Brekkie than the usual cereal-toast combination I discovered to my surprise that they had German Bauernfruehstueck (Farmer's breakfast) on the menu. Prepared by a cook from Thailand and served by a waitress from Estonia ;) The afternoon I spent reading ...

The Greyhound Bus picked us up around noon and we drove to Hervey Bay, another beach town and gateway to Fraser Island's west coast. After a 3 hour wait I got on another bus which would take me all along Capricorn Coast to Airlie Beach. A 15-hour overnight ride! The good news is I won't have to pay for a hostel and save time. But that's about the only good thing about overnight travels. Along the way we stopped in tiny Town of 1770. The funny name com...

We left our camp early today and headed back towards the southern part of Fraser Island. Along the way we stopped at the remains of the "Moheno", once the most luxurious ocean liner before they built the "Titanic". She was shipwrecked on the island during a cyclone in 1936 on her way to a scrap metal shipyard in Japan. After the wreck was photographed from every possible angle we moved on to spend some time at Lake Wabby. After a 30 min hike through a eucalypt fo...

After our Brekkie we hopped on our SUV's which truly deserve that name and drove further north to the only saltwater we were allowed to swim in, the Champagne Pools. A couple of eroded rock pools on the beach which frequently get flooded with fresh sea water. We then drove back to Indian Head viewpoint from where we watched Humpback Whales swimming by in the distance and Manta Rays hovering not far from the cliffs. As we drove away inland to our picnic place ...

Packed all our stuff, food and water and beers onto the beaten up Land Cruisers and headed for the ferry to Fraser Island. The worlds largest sand island (75mi by 15mi). After driving along the beach for a while it was my turn to head inland through the rainforest to the crystal clear Lake McKenzie for a swim. So much fun steering a 4WD through sand :)On the way back we had a picnic by the beach and were greeted by an aboriginal guide before we headed far north t...