Fraser Island tour
Last week I went to Hervey Bay to do the Nomads Fraser Island tour. I went from the Arts Factory Backpackers Lodge in Byron Bay by car to Hervey Bay and stayed Tuesday night in Nomads Hervey Bay backpackers hostel. I arrived Tuesday around 3pm and after my check in and a free dinner I went to the tv room for the Fraser Briefing. They told us what to do and what to bring and that we were going to leave the hostel at 9 the next morning and that we had to be ready at 6:45 in the morning!!!
I was with a group of 7 friends from the Arts Factory and we all decided to go the bed early after we had done some chopping for the week. The next morning we all woke up on time and prepared our self for a great Fraser week. At 7 everybody was in the TV room again and here we met Captain Kirk, our Fraser Island tour guide. A great guy with a lot of travel experience and who knows a lot of the biggest sand Island in the world. After he divided us in groups of 8, we prepared the 4×4 jeeps to go to the boat.
The trip to the boat took us 30 min and after that a 45 min boat trip to the Island. On the Island we downed the wheel pressure and went to Central station. Here we had a time for a picnic before we went into the rain forest to see amazing trees and some wild life. After this we went back to the jeep to go to a fresh water river and after that it was time to go to our camp where we had to sleep that night. The camp was great with good facilities. We made our dinner and after the party was on around a nice and warm camp fire.
The next day we woke up at 7 and left the place around 8 to go to some lakes and to a great view point north of the island. During the trip we saw a lot of wild life which was great. Dolphins, whales, dingo’s, sea eagles and so on. The trips we made took us the whole day and we saw a lot of Fraser Island. In between we had a lot of fun with all the people we met and that was also the reason why the second night was even better then the first. The third day we went to three beautiful lakes with turtles, white sand and green/blue water. And after that it was time to go back to Hervey Bay.
Back in Hervey Bay we checked in again and got another free meal and after a small party in the pub next door we all went to bed, because we didn’t sleep that much on the Island. All together was this trip the best I have ever done in Australia. Met a lot of new people and saw a lot of wild life. Great experience and easy to book at the MAD travel desk in your Nomads hostel.
Find out more about Nomads Fraser Island Tours – http://frasermyway.com
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