Date: 26th July 2011

Place: Fraser Island

Weather: Sunny and pretty warm

I was woken up this morning by what I think were geese squawking. Luckily enough we had to properly get up only a few minutes later. Breakfast was a bit more rationed since we had to keep a lot of bread for lunch. I drove again this morning and it was the best journey ever! The first part was a bit boring just down a straight beach but then we got on the inland track which was awesome! So bumpy and windy it was loads of fun!

The stop today was Lake Mackenzie which is the most famous beach on Fraser Island. It looked like an American style lake that they normally have their summer camps at on films. There was a nice beach there where we sunbathed for a few hours and I actually braved going in the freezing cold water but this time I managed to warm up after a while. It was really nice and it was fresh water so you could go underwater and open your eyes.

After being there for a little while I went for a walk with Shamus around the lake and we ended up finding another little beach which was empty and really nice. We head back after taking some pictures though and sun bathed with everyone for a while until we had to leave. I swapped with Shamus so that he could drive our car since he was in the first car which the tag leader always had to drive.

I was basically put in the car with Ireland inside it. We had a good chat about who the girls had weird crushes on like Alan t***chmarch or whatever his name is. It was a lot bumpier in their car and the seats were all down the sides so there was nothing to hold onto and everyone bumped into everyone. At the end of the track we had lunch on the beach and then head to the ferry to go back to the main land.

On the way back I was constantly looking in the sea for sharks since it was my last chance. I never got to see one. The ferry journey was really quick again and then we drove to the car factory where we had to clean all of our cooking equipment and sweep the cars out. Then as soon as we got back to the hostel everyone checked in and finally had a wash!

After dinner we chilled in the room since everyone was shattered. Shane came into the room and I showed him the picture of me eating the heart which then turned into us both having a reminiscing session about Asia and saying how we both missed it so much. I had to kick him out eventually because he was sitting on my bed; it had been a long few days and I needed a good nights sleep.