Fraser Island

Early to rise as there was a lot to see today. We had a long drive out to the champagne pools on the other side of the island. Along the way we had a quick stop to check out a sand blow and then continued on the sand track down to the beach. The beach front is just like an island highway of fine packed sand. Driving on the sand can be quite tricky and takes lots of experience with hidden potholes and deep sand to get stuck in. Along the beach we took a quick stop to let a pilot on the bus who gave us a sales pitch about a scenic flight. Rebecca had been dying to do a scenic flight and the price was decent so we were sold and went for a spin. It was really cool. The plane was a small 6 seater. You took off and landed on the beach. We flew over the island and ocean banking hard and circling when we saw whales. You could clearly see whales in the shallows. It was such a great perspective. Back on shore we landed by an old ship wreck and rejoined our group. We headed up the beach for some photos at The Pinnacles which had some interesting coloured sand. Our guide also took a couple great jumping photos. Finally we arrived at the champagne pools and spent an hour swimming and sunning. On route to our next destination we stopped for a quick lunch and continued onto Indian Head. Indian head is an interesting location as it is one of the few rocky outcrops on the island. It’s about 100 feet high and sea life flock to this location. Sometimes you can see nothing here but as it happened we had one of the best viewings in our guide’s history. To start, a giant school of a thousand plus fish swam by. They were shortly chased off by a group of small sharks. A larger tiger shark then entered the mix looking for some food. In the distances we could see large humped back whales popping up to breathe as they move closer to our location. Next a friendly giant green turtle cruised on past. To top off the viewing, the giant school of fish returned and dolphins came swimming in from every which directions to attack the school of fish which had to swim into shore to get away, What a show!!! There was a least 20 dolphins chasing the school and rounding it up. It was like a David Attenborough special live. After all that excitement we headed on to Eli Creek for a lazy river float in an inner tube. A fresh water river that carried you 100m over the white sands. On the way back to the lodge we stopped to see how muscles bury themselves in the sand. To show off our guide also took us on one of the most feared tracks on the island. Renowned for being very narrow and scared most other guides he whipped around turns and corners at mere inches from trees all while playing classic Indiana Jones theme music. To finish off we headed to the hot tub for a good soak before dinner. The whole bus fit in so it was a good send off. We caught last ferry back to the mainland at the end of a great 2 days.Read more