hello blogger, internet,
The next stop on this adventure down under was a crazy one. A real once in a life time experience and one I will never forget. Fraser Island, located on the Gold Coast of Australia, is a sand island. Yep. The entire island is only sand. It's covered in vegetation, streams and lakes. The roads are all sand. The plumbing and electricity are none existent. Seriously. There's not even outhouses. Wild, I know. The five of us signed up to do a little camping trip there with a touring company (the only way you can go to Fraser Island as a tourist is with a guide). The entire three day trip was all off-roading (sort of, there were roads but they're deep sand so it's basically off-roading style), driving on the beach, swimming in fresh water lakes, making meals on little camp stoves, and making new friends.
The pictures will speak for themselves. But what they won't tell you is how much fun we had. It was incredible. The driving on sand roads and on the beach was an adventure in itself and an insane amount of fun. The ocean is heavily inhabited by sharks so there was no swimming there but the fresh water lakes made up for it completely. The water is infused with natural minerals that come from the pure silicon sand and is extremely good for your skin. Little fish that live in the lake will even take off dead skin if you're still enough. We met some of the funnest people that you could ever imagine travelling with, and what's really cool is two years after the trip me and my friend ran into one of the guys in London. Small world crazy on the other side of the world stuff! Three days isn't a long time but curtesy of an awesome tour company we packed in a ton of memories.
If you ever get the chance to go to the Gold Coast region of Australia, Fraser Island is a must see! I think these photos will show you why...
-m.o
