Morning all,
Just back from Fraser Island.
Trip log
Drive up from
Brisbane after a night with some friends. All of us had lunch at the
Rainbow SLSC. Manta Ray over to Fraser and due to no beach, up the inland track and then stopped off at Govi as it was 3 o'clock. Drinks and nibbles on the dunes watching the last brave few charging up the beach.
Woke up to greet the maze of
dingo tracks around the
camp, no big deal so I went for a swim to freshen up. ( Very close inshore swim lol.)Then off to Boomanjin which was ok. The girls love the tannin as it is a fantastic hair softener. Onto Birrabeen which has to be the pick of the crop. One other family to the right of the track so the four of us went to the left. Absolute perfection with clear warm skyes
Eli creek water and crystal white sand. Stayed most of the day here.
Central station for a quick bite and over to McKenzie for a very quick look at the people mass of people. Bailed out of there quickly and back to Govi as it was 5 o'clock and we almost missed the sunset whilst having drinks in the dunes.
Went for a walk this morning before the other were up to
check out the camping site which is located behind the dunes . Walked about 1k before I heard dingos yelping close by. Hmm back to the beach so I could have something at my back. Back at
camp two dingos wanted the rubbish bag this morning to the extent that when challenged ( quitely) the buggers tried to flank us. They regrouped and made for around the front of the Patrol. They only took off when I got the shovel out and gently placed it in front of them. Never seen dingos behave that way before. Anyway up to
Eurong for an icecream and onwards to the Maheno &
Eli creek.
Eli is alot more shallow since I was last there though still as enchanting. Not alot of traffic around due to the lack of beach and some interesting
rock crossings. Due to the run off from recent rains the water was a bit murky for shark spotting from
Indian head, although again we had the place to ourselves with the view.
Champagne pools for some fun in the surf and onto Waddy. All the established campgrounds are now fenced in an effort to wean the dingos off scavanging and force them back to hunting again. The
campground at Waddy had about 6 other parties scattered around, so we made ourselves comfortable with a fire ring for a two night stay. The pub / store at
Orchid Beach advised us that the beach was blocked further north which curtailed going up to
Sandy Cape, so we spent the days swimming and lounging at Waddy. The wind was increasing pushing up the swell. There was a perfect 6 foot right hander off Waddy which ran for about 300 metres.
Ran back down the beach had to take the inland track again to get off the Island and across to the new pub at
Rainbow fro lunch. Did an overnight stop at freashwater, though with no beach we couldn't run up to Double Island, so back to
Brisbane to catch up with some friends.
Fabulos Fraser.
Cheers
Steve