Noosa Heads is about 1 1/2 hr bus ride to Rainbow Beach where the 4WD bus/coach will drive us to Inskip Point for us to cross over to Fraser Island. We got picked up from Anchor Motel Noosaville (where we stayed for the night) @6am and we board the 4WD bus to commence our 1 day tour at 830am. It was a fine day and just right for a guided tour around the 120km x 5-25km island. Fraser island is famous for its long stretch of huge sandblows, lakes and rainforests.
It is an island made up entirely of sand!
The 1 day tour took us to various key attractions on the island with interesting commentaries by the guide-cum-driver. Key attractions like the following:
Maheno shipwreck
Colored sands of the pinnacles
Both Haz and I felt adventurous enuff to take a stroll through the knee to thigh deep creek which stays around 15-18 degree throughout the year. As the base is sand, there are certain parts which are deeper and poor Haz, her pulled up 3/4 jeans got wet despite her best efforts! 'Becoz I'm short..' That's what she said.. haha.. She is definitely not! It's just that the knee-to-thigh deep estimation is based on the Aussie's average height.. haha..
Lake McKenzie and rainforests
Great place to relax and enjoy the wonderful Mother Nature. It is amazing how the island had evolved from just a huge chunk of sand... Fortunately, the island is being protected so that we can continue to marvel at the great works of Mother Nature.
Included in the package is high tea and buffet lunch. Good deal at $135 per head.
It was a mad rush though for us when we were on the return leg as our airport shuttle service ($40 each pax) back to Brisbane was scheduled at 7pm from our motel and we only got back to Rainbow beach at 530pm. You can imagine our anxiety as we would have to stayed at Noosa Heads for another night if we couldn't catch the last shuttle service back. We were lucky as the shuttle service waited 10 mins for us (even though it is supposed to be on a tight schedule) and the coach driver rushed back to Noosa Heads for our sake and dropped us first. Kudos to the kind acts of both drivers as it is not obligatory of them to do all these for us.
We made it back safely and met up with Max, Chris and Eug... Gold Coast next...
to be continued...
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