The Islands - the second

Yep, this is our favorite pastime at the moment, exploring the islands along Australia's eastcoast is just so much fun. This time, however, we did not just end up on a beautiful sand beach, the whole island, Fraser Island, is just a large sand dune. Some people say, there's more sand than in the Sahara; well, we did not examine that in detail, but we sure saw a lot of sand and found it even days after we left in the most impossible places you can imagine. :)

The tricky thing about Fraser is that there are no roads on the island, the only way to get around is by hiring a 4-Wheel-Drive and have fun. So that's what we did and I can assure you, we did have a lot of fun and also got shaken through very thoroughly! The best part was driving on the beach, which just goes on for miles and miles and miles. You can drive up to 80km/h and keep going for hours so that gives you in impression of the size of that beach. It's just amazing, the white of the sand, the blue of the sky and the water (when it was not raining!!!) and the 4WD sliding off in all directions. At first, I was a little afraid because I did not have the slightest clue of how the car would react, but after a couple of slides, I managed quite well and it actually can be as much fun as driving and sliding on snow! David, of course, enjoyed himself immensely and we can say that we only got stuck in the sand once, and that was only for a little tiny moment, until David pushed the car a bit and we got out of it again. However, we had to help another German couple to really dig out their car, the poor guys were stuck sooo badly...

Besides the fun of driving a 4WD for two days, Fraser also had a very impressive ship wreck to show and some incredibly clear inland lakes. The sand of the island filters the water and that's how those lakes end up crystal clear. Although it was raining whenever we got out of the car to visit one of those lakes (that was a mean game: we get out - it starts raining, we get into the car - it stops raining...)I kept up my reputation and went swimming in one!!! (photo coming soon) Actually, that was the best idea ever because the water was warmer than the air, it was all soft and clear and I did not want to get out anymore. :)

Well, as you might have figured already, it's actually been a couple of days since we were on Fraser and we are right now spending our second week of WWOOFing, but we had some problems to find Internet access and so our posts are a little late. However, you'll soon get some more news on how I am looking after sheep, how well we chop off the heads of chicken.... and on what it is like in general for a city girl to live on a farm!