June 3, 2007

Fraser Island

Fraser island was really great. Only saw one dingo, and he was just wandering around a parking lot so that doesn't really count. But I saw some stingrays, some sharks (small ones), turtles and some whales.

The sand dunes were really cool and the lakes were cool and refreshing.

Here are some photos:

Our trusty 4WD. Pretty fun cruising down the beach.


My group. Yeah, it was just me and eight girls. It was a really tough trip ;)



The first lake. The sand dune goes right down into the lake.


The dunes were pretty steep.


Shipwreck of the Maheno.


I thought it was pretty cool.


Indian Head.


You can look down and see turtles, stingrays and sharks from here. You can't see them in the pics, but they are there.


Champagne Pool. The waves splash over the rocks and trickles down like champagne.


Warning about dingos stealing your children.


My girls at Eli Creek.


Tomorrow I'm going sailing around the whitsunday islands. Hopefully I'll have some pics of that by the end of the week.

Oh and here is a pic of the dog at the last place I was at:

That's Nelson getting ready to catch a ball. One of the few times I've seen him do any thing other than eat.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Andrew:
Great pictures, looks like you are having fun.
Mum

Unknown said...

Hi Andrew:
Good to see more pictures, the sailing looked like fun.
Mum

Unknown said...

Yes, but did you see any pirates?

Andrew said...

Actually the captain of "The Card" looked pretty pirate-like. and he boarded our ship the night after the race.

He said "How do you know if you're a pirate? You don't know, you just Arrrrrrrrr"

Anonymous said...

Hi Andrew,
We enjoyed your photos - I thought the underwater pictures were good. Have you seen any Lionfish?

Sharon and Brian

Anonymous said...

Hi Andrew it's Cory. Cool pics! It was neat seeing a shark. Hopefully I'll get a chance to come down and see you in Austraila. Anyway, keep a tight hold on your possessions as the land was populated by ex convicts! HA HA! Just kidding, have fun.

Andrew said...

S&B: No I didn't see any Lionfish, but they are around on the reef.

Cory: I was out at Hell's Gate where they used to drop off prisoners so they'd be eaten by Cannibals. So that probably took care of the worst aussies.