Friday, January 18, 2008

Long overdue

I havent blogged for AGES!!! felt sooooooooooooooo lazy at times...and was just plain busy at times too! So I have finally come home after a year and now that I have time, I can blog. Going back in time to DECEMBER.....
p.s. the date on top is wrong! I blogged today....on the 8th of Feb...hmmm wonder why....
FRASER ISLAND TRIP WITH FAMILY



Mum posing in the loaded up people mover


We drove thru a few towns and stopped at some beach towns to take in the view and have a cuppa on the way to Rainbow Bay



Steve Irwin Way somewhere on the way ....nearer Brisbane





Postlady in Christmas mood in a town called Gympie( I know Gympie..sounds so elf-ish right)




"We're Open!!, customers wanted"
Cute sign in one of the towns we passed thru





hmmm the name of the place is blocked...Caloundra route map




So we stayed at Rainbow Bay for two nights. Rainbow Bay is one of the closest gateways to Fraser Island.
Our accomodation


Inside the place



Our mode of transportation for Fraser Island....you cannot go on the island in any ol car, has to be a 4 wheel drive! why?? coz its and island, with no roads...just the beach and gravel roads to drive on...


Thats Rainbow Bay, the gateway to get on the barge that takes us over to Fraser island




Road leading into the Island...man what a bumpy ride!! the road may look smooth from far..but oh boy it was soooooooooooooooooo bumpy, we were being thrown from side to side...our butts and back were so so sore afte the trip..but what an adventure!


Roaming around on the Island
Mum and Aunt Hehehehhehehe!! EVIL!!!!
Lake Mckenzie on the Island, where we had our picnic lunch






See now why strictly 4 wheel drives only!!! it began pouring so hard halfway thru the day..and this French group of travellers got stuck in the mud! my unlce,cousins and brothers got down to help




An amazing experience..driving on the beach! during low tide of course...

Then the weather turned!! when we left in the evening it rained...and the tiede was coming up ..and we were like zooming off the island as fast as we could!!


Just 5 days or so after our trip..a storm alert hit the island..and everyone was asked ot evacuate, we were lucky!

All in all it was a very nice trip..so different from our usual trips..this was anail bitting, adrenaline filled and sore butt kinda trip!

6 comments:

Lin said...

Hey!!! Though way overdue, cool!!!! Wish i was there...Mayb I should try that someday! =)

jennifer said...

gosh!!! what an awesome trip man!! such adventure!!!! I WANT!!!!!!

jennifer said...

gosh!!! what an awesome trip man!! such adventure!!!! I WANT!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

hehehehe...it was an adventure alright...aussie is memamng like downunder crocodile hunter style...hahahah...u should go...check out places like christmas island and moreton bay too...all supposed to be good

Anonymous said...

Glad you enjoyed the trip. One of the best trips we've had so far!!!! looking forward to many more to come !

Anonymous said...

yay!!! mum ur getting better and better...using skype phone...e-mailing..now leaving comments!! awesome! yup great trip! start planning for this dec! ur the best at planning!