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Today we headed off to explore the northern section of the island. First stop was Champagne Pools, this is the most northern point that all the tours come to. We walked down the boardwalk and watched some of the brave … Continue reading →

Today is the next big challenge, can the 100 series pull the camper trailer through the soft sand around the Indian Head bypass. This prospect has had Jacky concerned for some weeks now, mostly due to the fact that she watched … Continue reading →

The plan for today was to explore the lakes and rainforest in the southern half of the island. We headed up the Cornwells Break Rd, near our campsite to Stone Tool sand blow (blowout), there are quite a few of … Continue reading →

On to Fraser Island The pack up was slower than expected due to a very heavy overnight dew making everything damp. We arrived at the ferry around 10:30 rather than the planned 9:00 ferry ride. The Manta Ray ferry just … Continue reading →

Pack up again and head off for Rainbow Beach, we drove through Maryborough again to pick a few supplies and arrived at Rainbow beach around lunch time. We were looking to stay at a caravan park to do some washing … Continue reading →

Today was the Maryborough historical tour. The town made famous P.L. Travers. First we stopped at Lake Lenthall (another dam), the day area was quite picturesque but the camping area was open with little shade and quite a walk to … Continue reading →

We left Boynedale and headed down towards Maryborough, we went back towards Many Peaks and took a gravel road down to the highway. It was pretty steep in places, lots of bends and cattle on the road to keep us … Continue reading →

At 40C it was a little hard to get out of bed this morning, but again there was no timetable to keep. We had breakfast and went for a walk along the lake, one of the signs had an ad … Continue reading →

Another slow start, the nights are getting colder and it nice to stay in bed a little longer, we only had 200kms to our next campsite. After packing up we went into Yeppoon, did a little shopping, had lunch and … Continue reading →

After a leisurely breakfast we went into the town of Byfield (1 shop, sml school and 2 house) to see what they had for morning tea but nothing there provided any inspiration so we moved on. I was planning to … Continue reading →