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Fraser Island

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

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Fraser Island 2 Fraser Island 3

Fraser Island

The object to the left of the van on the left of the second picture is a frisbee that I managed to capture mid-flight whilst photographing our 4-Wheel-Drive vehicles on the beach at Fraser Island, in case you were wondering. I could have said it was a UFO and made millions touting the picture to the specialist press, but I thought ‘Naaaahh’ and told you all the truth instead, cos I’m a good fella. (Note: in this post ‘4-Wheel-Drive’ will be referred to as ‘4WD’, because (a) I’m lazy when it comes to typing, and (b) that’s what everyone calls it over here…). [read on]

Hervey Bay – Christmas Day!

Monday, December 25th, 2006

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Hervey Bay 3

So we made it somewhere for Christmas – it it wasn’t a crappy campsite either thank God. We stayed at Koala’s Beach Resort in the Queensland seaside location of Hervey Bay. Hervey Bay reminds me a little of Morecambe or somewhere similar: there’s a main promenade lining a stretch of sand that harbours rocky spots and a pier at one end. Admittedly, I saw the beach when the tide was fully out, and so there was only a small area of soft golden sand to walk on, but it still pisses all over Morecambe any day. [read on]

Rainbow Beach

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

Rainbow Beach 1 Rainbow Beach 2

Rainbow Beach... and our sandman!

Rainbow Beach is a nice little area raised slightly above the sea level, so-named due to the mixed colour of the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Maroochydore & Noosa

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Maroochydore Noosa

After leaving Brisbane, we were looking for somewhere preferably next to water, perhaps even a beach-side campsite.  In Maroochdore we found what we were looking for: the campsite was situated ... [Continue reading this entry]