Eurong Resort

We joined a 4x4 bus tour of the island over two days. Hosted by Blair (a Kiwi) with K'Gari Adventure Tours. 13 of us set off from the jetty at Kingfisher Bay , with 6 more to join us at Lake McKenzie, our first stop. The drive from KB to the lake was fascinating. We drove inland through forest and rainforest areas along tracks of sand. On the island (which is 125km long) there are no roads at all, only sand tracks. At times the journey was extremely bumpy and we were thrown around the bus a little. We passed through native gums and grasses and lush rainforest. So many huge trees towering above us, some of them over 1000 years old. All very exciting. At lake M we all swam in the crystal freshwater. This perched dune lake, one of forty of its kind on the island, is fed entirely by rainwater. White and extremely fine silica sand surrounds the lake. Unfortunately the skies were heavily clouded and the lake did not sparkle quite as much as in the pictures we'd seen. But still absolutely stunning. Our next stop was at Central Station, the original logging station in the times when trees were cut down and cut into logs. In the 1920s this place was home to more than 100 people. 2 of the original buildings still remain. We walked through the old station to join a boardwalk along the Wanggoolba Creek. The creek was crystal clear and wound its way through towering palm trees and giant King ferns - so tranquil and beautiful. Apparently when the aborigines inhabited the island the gorge was a women- only area. This was because it was a cool place to be (with the canopy of plants providing much shade) and also had plenty of water - 2 of the necessary requirements for the women to give birth. The aborigine men would wait at the top of the gorge until the women had given birth and walked back up to the top!!
After a short bumpy sandtrack drive we reached the sister resort to KB which is situated on the Eastern side of the island. There we ate a buffet lunch and freshened up before driving along 75 mile beach. We quickly spotted a dingo walking along the beach close to the sea. We drove as far as lake Wabby where we parked up and walked the 2.2 km walk through bushland and sanddunes. We were each given a large stick (painted orange at each end) to carry with us in case a dingo should appear. Apparently waving this stick at said dingo would be enough to scare it away. Thankfully we didn't have to put this to the test!! The lake is situated at the bottom of the golden Hammerstone Sandblow, and will apparently one day be engulfed completely by the shifting sands. Again we swam in the lake. We spotted many fish swimming close to the shore, many of them dogfish.
We drove back to Eurong beach resort, where we checked into our room for the night. A very welcome refreshing shower after the activities of the day. We slept well that night and needed to be up early the next morning ready for day 2 of our 4WD excursion.
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