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Hi,
I'm in Bundaberg now or as I like to call it, Bundy, home to the real typical Aussie. It's a fairly big town with a long high street and lots of shops and cafes, nothing too major, but it's biggest selling point is the Mon Repos beach. I'm going there tonight on a guided tour and you get to see turtles hatching from their eggs and going in to the sea.
I got to Bundy yesterday from Hervey Bay after finishing my Fraser Island trip. Fraser is definetly the highlight of my trip so far! It's a huge sand island, no roads, no shops, no life really except for my fellow campers and lots of wild dingos. I was in a group of 11 people who were all really lovely and all from the UK. We got a massive 4x4 truck and nothing could have prepared me for the dangerous driving we had. Because there are no roads, you can only drive on sand. That's fine when the tide is out and you can drive on the dry part of the beach but my god, when you have to travel inland, the truck gets stuck in the sand every 5 minutes and it's the bumpiest ride of your life. Everyone was holding on to each other. We were given this huge map and just drove around the entire island. Fraser has the most beautiful lakes in the world. I'd even stretch to saying they're nicer than Garda, sorry Dad! We must have stopped at 5 or 6 and stayed swimming in there for hours. At night we went back to our camp and yes, I did actually manage to survive sleeping in a tent! I even helped put them both up! We had a huge bbq area and picnic area where all the other camping groups were so at night all the groups ate together and drank together which was great! I even bumped into some people from my Oz bus who I hadn't seen for a couple of weeks.
Anyway, I'm off to Bargara beach now. I'm leaving Bundy tomorrow for Rockhampton to go to Great Keppel Island, one of the Whitsundays, so I'll probably give you all a break and update you all in a week or so. Hope everyone's ok!
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