David Gustafsson

The last few days we have visited what I believe will be the best places on our journey. Noosa Heads is amazingly located in the Noosa-river system! We stayed two days in Noosa and the last day of the stay we visited Fraser Island. This is Australia’s and maybe (?) the world’s largest sand island. If I remember right it is 300 km long!

We went with a tour trip to the island in a custom built four wheel drive bus for 16 persons. The island has no roads except for the wide beaches that stretch from north to south. The bus left Noosa heads at 6 am driving all the way to Fraser Island (100 km) on the very long beach. The tide were low so the beach was about 100 meters wide and the driver kept 80 km/h most of the time.

On Fraser Island we had a BBQ and visited Lake McKenzie; which is located in the middle of the island. The drive there is through the rain forest that is native. Lake McKenzie is created from rain water. The rain has drained the sand and the beaches around the lake which makes the sand totally white. Leaves cover the bottom of the lake and have layered down in the sand to hinder the water to flow away from the lake. The water level is about 100 meters above the ocean.

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Today we have traveled back down against Sydney. We are spending the day and night in Byron Bay, which we felt needed an extra day! I have been surfing for 3 hours on a 7.6 foot board; a little too small for my skill set! However I did get an amazing experience as dolphins appeared next to me when trying to catch a wave. They got up to get air and surfed along with the wave diving up and down. They were totally amazing!