The resident lorikeets at our base in Hervey Bay
Trying to give you an impression of the amount of noisy parrots!
Arriving at Fraser Island we were driving through rainforest on sandy tracks across the island.
After around 2 hrs / 15 km (!!) of driving across the island we arrived on the beach on the east side.
More beach driving, we also had to be careful with the little creeks running into the ocean, some were deep!
Saw lots of dingos, this one was jogging along beside our car on the beach!
One of the inland lakes, lake Wabby, you can slide on the sand into the lake!
Chris in the stunning lake McKenzie, it really was that blue!
And here you can see the incredibly white sand to, it was sooo soft!
On top of Indian Head, Chris did a great save of his beloved hat!
View to the north from the top of Indian Head, towards Waddy point
Driving towards the 'Maheno', a shipwreck from WW1 stranded on the eastern beach.
Arrival at the 'Maheno', a shipwreck from WW1 on the beach
Another stunning lake, lake Birrabeen
Sunrise at Hervey Bay, which was quite peaceful after the parrots left in the morning!
The caretaker at the caravan park told us it was approx 10 000 of them, we believe him, they came every evening around 4.30pm to settle for the night, and woke up around the same time am. Incredibly noisy best describes it!
Just pointed the camera up from where we parked!!
Got a ferry over with our little Suzuki Jimny, which was well suited to the sand we drove on for 3 days, it was great fun!
Great fun driving on the beach, had to watch out for planes landing! The whole eastern side of the island is beach like this, and the 'highway' of the island, from Eurong in the south to Waddy point on the Northern tip.
One of only 2 rocky outcrops on the island, and where the island was formed, a few years ago now....
The ship was towed through these normally calm waters during WW1, but a freak storm stranded it on the beach here. It was later used for airforce training during WW2, and is now just a shell, but an impressive one at that!
Where we were all by ourselves, so beautiful it felt quite unreal!
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The resident lorikeets at our base in Hervey Bay
The caretaker at the caravan park told us it was approx 10 000 of them, we believe him, they came every evening around 4.30pm to settle for the night, and woke up around the same time am. Incredibly noisy best describes it!