The kids still in their PJ's on the barge
We had booked Dundabarra Point campground which was an electrically fenced campground to stop the dingo's getting in. We stayed there for 2 nights but unfortunately you couldn't use generators so we had to move out and camp along the beach. We had a few curious dingo's when we camped on the beach but you just had to stand up and hold your ground and they moved away. ( I was a little more paranoid than Ed about the Dingo's!).
They only time I panicked was at lake MacKenzie. We were looking at a large goanna walking past when a dingo appeared. The goanna got scared and ran towards the closest tallest thing which unfortunately was me. I yelled and ran and it quickly found a tree to climb! These QLD goannas are huge!
A Fraser Island dingo
They only time I panicked was at lake MacKenzie. We were looking at a large goanna walking past when a dingo appeared. The goanna got scared and ran towards the closest tallest thing which unfortunately was me. I yelled and ran and it quickly found a tree to climb! These QLD goannas are huge!
The goanna that scared me!
We really enjoyed exploring the island. The main camp areas are on the east coast which is where we stayed but we did go over to the the west coast which was lovely.
We enjoyed beach walks, swimming in the fresh water lakes, fishing, 4WDriving around the island from Hook point up to Waddy Point, Champagne Pools, Indian Head, Lake MacKenzie and the drive across to Woreli Beach on the West Coast, the wreck of the Maheno and Eli Creek. The kids enjoyed swimming at Eli Creek where they got on their boogie boards and floated down the creek before running along the boardwalk and doing it again. Great for getting them exhausted! The rock formations along the east coast were beautiful and the colours were more spectacular than Rainbow Beach.
Whilst Ed was fishing on the Sunday he saw a feeding frenzy going on out at sea. He saw a Humpback whale and then killer whales feeding all day. The Ranger said that he hadn't seen Killer Whales there before, however the barge guys said that they do come around all the time. Ed thought that there were at least 10 of them having a feeding frenzy out there off the east coast in the vicinity of the Maheno Wreck.
We really enjoyed the beauty of Fraser Island and it was a very laid back, chilled out place although I would hate to be there in the peak times - apparently it gets extremely crowded.
The kids and I near the beach at Indian Head
We enjoyed beach walks, swimming in the fresh water lakes, fishing, 4WDriving around the island from Hook point up to Waddy Point, Champagne Pools, Indian Head, Lake MacKenzie and the drive across to Woreli Beach on the West Coast, the wreck of the Maheno and Eli Creek. The kids enjoyed swimming at Eli Creek where they got on their boogie boards and floated down the creek before running along the boardwalk and doing it again. Great for getting them exhausted! The rock formations along the east coast were beautiful and the colours were more spectacular than Rainbow Beach.
Whilst Ed was fishing on the Sunday he saw a feeding frenzy going on out at sea. He saw a Humpback whale and then killer whales feeding all day. The Ranger said that he hadn't seen Killer Whales there before, however the barge guys said that they do come around all the time. Ed thought that there were at least 10 of them having a feeding frenzy out there off the east coast in the vicinity of the Maheno Wreck.
The wreck of the Maheno
Yummy Mud Crab for dinner!
We really enjoyed the beauty of Fraser Island and it was a very laid back, chilled out place although I would hate to be there in the peak times - apparently it gets extremely crowded.
The kids all enjoyed a fish on Fraser
The view of the sunset from our beachside camp on Fraser
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