Fraser Island (Day 3)

Day Three (Finally)

Only half of our group stayed for a third day, this was by far the best day. After breakfast we set off for Lake Wabby, in the car park we saw a Lace Monitor, he must've been around 4 feet long.

We also saw a couple of Golden Orb Spiders, this one had just caught some breakfast.

A short walk from the car park took us to the lookout over Lake Wabby. This lake is slowly being engulfed by a sand blow, it is an incredible sight - a mini desert surrounded by a forest on three sides and a lake on the other.

We made our way down to the lake, there is a steep bank down to the lake, probably about 40 metres at a 45 degree angle. Greg had provided us with a modify body board and we took turns racing down the slope into the water.

We spent most of the morning there, swimming in the lake with Catfish and Cormorants all around us. Greg left early to drive the bus round the other side of the lake. It was sunny all morning and luckily the clouds came over just as we had a 1.5 mile walk across the sand to have lunch at the bus. It was really strange walking across a desert in a forest.
After lunch we visited another fresh water lake, but it was raining and we'd seen enough lakes. So we decided to head back early and have a bit of time to relax before the journey home. Greg suggested we sneak into the main 5 star resort and get in the hot tub, and if anyone asks we didn't hear it from him.

So we successfully infiltrated the resort, it wasn't hard - the rain had cleared most of the guests & staff inside. So we sat in the covered hot tub for an hour or so. Helen has a good photo of us all in the spa, I'm waiting for her to email me a copy and then I'll add it here.

That evening we returned to Hervey Bay and I had a meal with Helen & Richard. We were joined later by three Canadian girls from our tour, had a good time drinking & chatting - there's not a lot to do in Hervey Bay so we just stayed at the hostel bar. Hopefully I'll be meeting up with Helen, Richard & Natalie (one of the Canadians) in Sydney at New Year, I might also catch up with H&R in Brisbane if we have time.

The next day I had to myself before my overnight coach to Airlie Beach, so I went for a wander down the esplanade. It got pretty hot by lunchtime, I grabbed some lunch and spent the afternoon trying to copy my photos to CD on a PC with no high speed USB. Below are a couple of snaps from Hervey Bay.