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Dave 's BIG adventure!
Frazer Island
I never really got what Frazer was all about! but every one said it was a must see! so the plan was go to Rainbow beach spend one night there, get briefed on the trip! then in the morning dive to the island then spend the next couple of days..... well... driving around! my first thought was that doesn't sound like fun! at home i do a lot of driving! But it's off road they said, but i've driven off road every day at work for the last 12 years!!!! but every one raved about it so i thought ok!
With no real idea about Frazer i googled it! and it didn't really help, you hire 4x4's and... drive about! it also said that there had in the past been lots of accidents on the island where people who had just passed there test were aloud to be incontrole of a off roader! on the worlds biggest sand island! it wasn't that that bothered me but, they would have 7 others in the car, and new drivers with others in the car would generally drive faster to maybe show off! so when in the briefing they said if the car was damaged or crashed, the whole group in the car would have to pay! i'm not paying anything! because some 18 year old i don't know cant drive! (i thought to my self!) i really wasn't interested! i've seen most backpackers attempt at driving in Cairns and it's not good! normally ending up in some kind of accident!
So not feeling very enthusiastic about the whole thing we got put in to our groups! me, 2 Canadians, 2 Germans, 2 Danish and Matt!!...... Matt had been like my stalker over the last month, i worked with him in the woolshed! and since leaving he'd always been a day behind me! but i knew i would be seeing him even before i left Cairns! i had found it a little annoying as i wanted to travel alone, and every one thought we were travelling together!
Not sure about the trip, i wasn't that sure about the group either! but i'm here to experience everything, good and bad! (as it's the bad stuff you learn from!) also in the lecture, i mean briefing! we were told all about littering! and don't feed the dingos!
The weather had always been so kind to me so far!! But i thought this trip may be cancelled it rain so hard that night! in the morning the sun wasn't out but it had stopped raining! i was voted to drive first, which was something i was very happy with! and off we went! as we were driving on the island for the first time, i thought to my self, this is the worst beach i've ever seen! litter every where! we got to our camp for the night! and set up then went for a walk to see a pond to swim in! i really wasn't fussed! the pond was full of cat fish which was quite cool! but all i could think is that i'm on an island surrounded by sea that we couldn't go in!
Later that night, we cooked our 1st meal together! i played bar man and kept the drinks coming! it was a good night! our group soon became the best group in the camp! not only working like a well oiled machine, but also staying as a group and not just little groups within a party! and as the food came out the dingos did too! how ever they were not too much of a problem! the next day it was a case of just driving about letting every one get a turn visiting places around the island! during the day our group got really tight! and relaxing in each others company we were able to enjoy it a lot more! i think a lot of groups especially if there was a language barrier had stayed polite, and kept conversation just to small talk! all tour! in our car how ever the music and banter was booming!
That night the objectives were simple, cook then drink all the booze we had left! my ipod was the not only the chosen music for the car that day but also the chosen music for the hole camp! So with good music, good food and good friends! the night was always going to be good! and it was! that night Matt, came good he'd always been a friend from work (or a stalker) but he had become a good mate! and we were having a good time!
We had been told about the dingos and they hadn't been a problem so far but as people started to go to bed they started to come out in force!my self and matt tried to scare them a way! but we were fitting a loosing battle! so admitted defeat and carried on drinking, while the dingos ransacked the place around us! the problem was that every one had got drunk and gone to bed leaving out food and beer!
The next day was much the same driving around so every one got a drive, and driving to lake McKenzie the most famous lake on the island! then home, back to rainbow beach!
Now back every one asks what did i prefer Frazer or the whitsundays? whitsundays by far! but the friends i made on frazer and the fun we had in the car, was worth the trip alone!
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