Part 7 - Hervey Bay to Fraser Island

After a night's sleep and shark attack in Hervey Bay we took the ferry over to Fraser Island - the world's largest sand island! 4wd vehicles are the only ones that can handle the sandy roads!


We had time to kill before we checked into our hotel so we hiked 3 km to Basin Lake in the centre of Fraser Island. Adam found the trees irresistable and Basin Lake was so inviting! The kids suggested a skinny dip was in order and soon we were splashing around in our birthday suits! All fun and games until another hiking group arrived! Luckily, Dave and Heidi had just gotten redressed. Being the cruel parents we are, we left the kids hiding in the water while we had a nice conversation with the other party. Eventually, we rescued the kids and headed back to our vehicle



We met some critters on the way back before taking the bumpy, hilly, sandy road to the other side of the island to Eurong Resort and checking in.

For the second time on our holiday we saw a monitor lizard. They're rather fast and I wasn't fast enough to take a photo with my camera so I found this one on the net.