Rainbow Beach is an interesting village, named after its sand of various colours on the beautiful beaches. On Sunday the 5th we began a 3-day safari on Fraser Island. Wonderful experience. We were a bunch of nine people with a 4WD, a couple of tents, food and a map of the island. The goal was to visit the different incredible places of the island while travelling on the beaches during low tide or on the very bumpy inland roads.
First day, after a late start at 2:00 pm because of the high tide at 12, quick stop at Eurong to buy a few stuff, then driving North towards Indian Head. As the night was coming, we decided to stop for camping around Dundubara. We slept right beside the beach. Bad night. It was very hot. We heard a dingo, kind of wild dog, sniffing around the tents for food. Hopefully we had all secured in the car.
Next day, after an english breakfast (i.e. a can of beans and pasta, toasts with scrambled eggs) we headed to Indian Head, on the North of the Island, again. But it was short before the high tide, so after having tried a bad road with soft sand at Indian Head, we decided to go inland to swim in lake Garawongera and in lake Wabby. Wonderful places. There we saw one other group from the same safari operator and we went camping together on the beach.
Third and last day, we went to lake McKenzie for a swim. Then we headed to Central station for having lunch. We went also for a walk in the rainforest. Finally back to the southern beach to take the barge at 4:30 pm after a few bumby inland roads.