For many
Fraser Island is the best thing at the East Coast. Based on the chatting with
other backpackers it is one of the backbackers’ favorite experience. And yes,
Fraser Island really is a cool place! It locates between Airlie Beach and Brisbane, near Noosa, and the nearest spot to it for backpackers is a tiny place called Rainbow beach. Hostels there tend to organize the whole Fraser Island trip for you from food to cars and sleeping.
With RBAC
(or something) from Rainbow Beach hostel we hired 4WD land rovers and drove and camped around the island
for three days and two nights. In each car there were 8 people, in our case 4
Finns and 4 Germans, and we travelled in a group of 4 cars. My absolute
favorite thing on island was nature’s own “wild stream”, Eli Creek, a fresh
water river with jungle around it, which for me was like a refreshing oasis in
the middle of all the sand. Also there are beautiful lakes, windy sceneries and dingos to watch out.
Driving is another main thing on Fraser. Driving on the beach was cool admiring the
waves and inland it was like a rollercoaster. And make no mistake – you get to
drive there on your own! (If you are at least 21yo.) Even I managed to drive
the car from one lake back to the camping side even tho’ I first totally failed
by shutting down the car several times before leaving, which was problematic
for the car’s battery was also dead and so each time the car turned off we needed to connect it with other car
in order to restart it again.. (Haven’t driven a manual since my driving
school, and never a land rover, and never in similar conditions on piles and
mountains of sand…) But it was still fun! However, then again camping isn’t my
thing, guess I’m too much of a city girl. I have no problem at all with sailing
for example, but in Fraser Island prepare to cut down on tidiness and
comfortability…
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| Eli Creek |
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| Lake McKenzie |
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| Wrooom! |
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| Great group! |
Cheers,
Anni
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