Inskip National Park
Arriving in Inskip National Park we managed to get a lovely camp right on the beach front!
After setting up camp, we of course had to go check out the large sinkhole that opened up less than 2 months ago!
We soon noticed that the sinkhole had become the new place to fish! With fisherman lining the surrounding bank, and with the knowledge that there is a new artificial reef some 10m below... Consisting mainly of a Caravan, Camper trailer and lots of huge trees swallowed up in this football field sized hole!
With the weather forecast looking beautiful for the next week we decided a trip to Fraser was on the cards.
Packing our car and tent we once again put out caravan in storage and headed off across the barge to the stunning Fraser Island.
Fraser Island
To get from the mainland to Fraser we drove to the tip of Inskip National Park and drove our car onto the Barge. A short 10min trip later we were on Fraser and ready to start exploring!
Following the sandy inland 4x4 track we soon arrived at Lake Birraben. A large beautiful fresh water lake with crystal clear water and white sand as fine as cornflour!
We had this spot pretty much all to ourselves! There was a small group of people.. But they were way down the other end of the lake!
Something we noticed quite quickly was the huge amount of signs and warnings posted everywhere when it came to the many Dingoes that call Fraser Island home. There are very strict rules in regards to making sure all your food is in sealed containers and a lot of areas near the lakes have enclosed areas for preparing and eating your food. Caught preparing or eating any food outside of these areas results in large fines! The same goes for feeding the dingoes, being wild animals that can quite often injure and at times have killed people.. The rules were strict when it came to not feeding or even approaching any dingoes.
Many of the camp areas also have large dingo proof fences surrounding them so that the dingoes can't get in!
With all this said.... It took us 3 days before we even managed to see a dingo!
We followed long sandy 4x4 tracks to Lake Wabby where we enjoyed cooling off with a swim.
With a huge sand dune that led directly into the water, the girls had a great time rolling down the dunes straight into the lake!
We also visited what soon became our favourite place on the Island.. Lake McKenzie..
A huge freshwater lake with crystal clear water, white cornflour like sandy banks and numerous long neck turtles. This place was AMAZING!!
We spent over half a day here on this particular visit, and only left at the sun was getting low.
Moving camps we headed up to stay at Dundaburra campground.
We visited what remains of the shipwreck Maheno, and visited Champagne Pools for a swim in these nearly shoulder deep rock pools along the beach.
We drove to Waddy Point where Gary tried his best to catch us some dinner whilst spearfishing.. But unfortunately he had forgotten to pack his flippers and only had his homemade spear on him. With large rolling waves pushing him around towards the rocks he failed to catch us any dinner... But had fun trying!
The girls and I loved just watching from the surrounding cliffs. With huge rays, small sharks and turtles swimming nearby, it was a great place to just sit back and watch!
Our camp at Dundaburra was great also! One night we had not one, but TWO large Pythons slither into our camp. One even climbed up onto the seat of our camps picnic table to say hello!
After leaving Dunaburra we visited Eli Creek. A great freshwater creek that flows out to the ocean. The girls and Gary soon did as everyone else was doing and grabbed their inflatabe tubes to walk up to the end of the boardwalk, and then float on them back down the creek to the ocean.
We stopped past Lake McKenzie once again for another afternoon of fun lakeside and even managed to see another dingo on the beach! This one came a lot closer to our car than the last one!!
Driving back to the barge, we were soon I onboard and headed back towards the Island and off to our next stop, Hervey Bay!
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