Frazer Island

We decided to book a two day tour with Frazer Explorer as it was the best option for us not having a 4 wheeled drive vehicle. We were picked up at our campsite at 7.20am and after a few more pick ups we headed to River Head where the barge leaves from to Kingfisher Bay. Dead on 8am we were heading across the Great Sandy Strait to Frazer Island, after an hour the barge was docking to let everyone off. Once we walked the jetty we was met by Steve our driver and tour guide for the next two days on the island. Our off road bus was a 30 seater so the 9 of us had plenty of room to spread out. Within minutes we were off road and onto sand and it was bumpy, amazed that our bus managed to get around but they were built in Germany especially for the island tracks.
Frazer Island is the worlds largest sand island and has a beach that is 75 miles long, the island also has two resorts on either side of the island. We were staying the night at Eurong Beach Resort on the west side of the island, built in the 60's it's a bit run down unlike the Kingfisher Bay Resort which is 5*
Steve was a great driver and very knowledgeable on everything about the island, it's history, the wildlife and the plants and trees that grow there. Our first stop was to Lake McKenzie which is fresh water with a micro sand that you rub all over and it's good for the skin, I must say mine did feel good afterwards. There is a few lakes on Frazer and we also went to Lake Wabby that they say in 30 years the sands would off taken over and the lake won't be there anymore. To get to the lake we had a 2km walk up the dunes which was very hard work but it was worth it to see the disappearing lake. Lake Birrabeen is also a lake that has micro sand but when we got there is started to rain but this didn't stop me from swimming. The 3 lakes we went to I swan in them all but I must say Lake McKenzie is my favorite.
On 75 mile beach is the wreck of the Maheno a large luxury liner that after her service was sold to the Chinese for scrap but unfortunately she was washed ashore on Frazer after a huge storm. There was no loss of life as she was being towed but still a shame that such a grand ship should ends her days as scrap.
Along the beach you also find the Pinnacles which are colored sand dunes that have become colored by the minerals in the sand. Eli Creek is a fast flowing river that leads to the sea and you walk a short distance then float down it to the beach but the river was quite low and I couldn't float that well but still great fun.
At the northern part of the island is Indian Head, Captain Cook named this as he saw the natives sitting on the Rock and he referred to them as Indians. The local people used to sit high up on the rock to look for fish in the sea below for hunting.
Further up the coast is the Champagne Rock Pools, called this as the waves crush into the pools causing lots of bubbles. The sea was very rough and the waves would send you all over the place when they crushed into the pools but good fun.
When the loggers were on the island that laid a railway for moving the logs across the island and they set up base called Central Station. Nothing is left there as when the government told then to leave the island they took everything with them. We walked to Central Station by way of the Wanggoolba Creek which treks through the rain forest part of the island.
Our accommodation that night is a 4 bed dorm that we shared with the two other girls on the tour, one was Italian and the other was Czech so not much talking between us all. After we had dinner the group headed to the bar where we had a few drinks and played pool. It was a good night and a good laugh with other travelers from around the world.
I really enjoyed Frazer Island and my only wish is that I had hired a 4x4 vehicle and did some driving over there.