Hervey Bay and Fraser Island

We next headed for Hervey Bay to visit a friend I haven't seen in 35 years.  We met in Buenos Aires in 1979, when Greg was a baby. We also had a tour of Fraser Island booked.  This is the largest all sand island in the world.

 This is the Hervey Bay area...a lovely town!

 This is me and my friend Una Hill.  She and her husband took us on a drive-about and later than night we all went out for dinner.

 This is the view from our hotel...it was one of the cheapest places we have stayed, so far, and also one of the nicest!

Roos on the side of the road in the field...mostly we've seen "not so healthy ones" on the highway, and few live ones.

 We got up bright and early the next day for our trip to Fraser Island.  The sand was so deep on the 'roads' that it was much like driving in the snow...glad we had a driver who was experienced with this!

 There is a freshwater lake there (MacKenzie) and Ralph had a swim.

 The beach there is called 75 mile Beach...and is just that.  We drove along it for most of it's length.

 Enroute we were lucky enough to encounter this young dingo.

 There is also a large wreck there and has been there for 75 odd years.

 Planes also land here and bring in tourists for quite a large fee, I would imagine.

It is quite spectacular!

 These are the vehicles we used to travel the island.  We only had 6 passengers and the driver.

 We got to and from the island by this landing-craft type ferry.

There was no swimming recommended here as this is a turtle breeding ground and just off shore the waves are full of tiger sharks feeding on the turtles. Didn't have to tell us that info more than once!!
After this stop, we are off to Brisbane to celebrate Christmas in the heat, and without our kids and grandbabies...  :=(