We were about 10 people in total on the bus but actually there would have been space for 6 more people on the bus.
The first stop on our tour was the Noosa park where we went DOLPHIN FEATING!!! Omg I was so excited to see some real wild dolphins(!)
Once we got there we were really lucky as there were 2there waiting to get their fish as the stuff told as that they are totally wild, nobod is allowed to touch them and it's completely up to them if they want to swim in from the ocean or not.
Usually if the don't there is a reason why they can't come. Either it's a rival fight going on between the "alfa males" or there might be a shark at the sea entrance, ...etc.
This area has 6 Dolphins most of them female and one male. They even have a 3year old baby dolphin as the two ones who were there are 22 and 26years old. Wow! older than me!!!
Dolphins can get up to 40-45years old in the wildeness and their names are Mystique and Eugen.
If you want to feat them you have to pay 5$ for the fish and you need to clean your hands with a special desinfection bath and Q up.
You have to be very careful when handing over the fish but I was surprised how gently they would take it.
For another 5$ you get a certificate thatyou feat the dolphin with your name and date on it. I was happy to pay that as all the money goes into Dolphin funds in order to rescue them (sometimes even with a helicopter), buy medicine or food,..etc.
Money well spent!*****
After another 1,5h of driving and as it was still early in the morning you could spot a lot of wild Kangaroos in the distance or on the side of the road, on the farms and grass-land passing by.
Further on, our next stop was the ferry to get from the main-land to Fraser island. A lot of private cars, backpackers and campers were following us and I was wondering why they all have such massive cars lile trucks or range rovers and cheeps. However, once you get on the island you know why:
BECAUSE your main road will be the beach! There is no such thing as a normal road and you will drive a lot of times in higher sand.
This made the trip even more adventures as the roads where really "bumpy" and once you reach the looooonnnngggg main beach you will find a massive natural Autobahn/Freeway/Highway, whatever you want to call it, there.
No real speed-limits but you beed to be careful as you share it with other people, cars and even plains. Campers are further up on the grass level not really on the beach.
It's all about "Hight tight" abd "Low tight" (german: Ebbe&Fluht). As a driver you need to know what's when at what time of the day because you don't want to get stuck in the water or even washer away.
Our truck-driver an tourguide was German with a typical-fun german acent. During driving through all these conditions he told us about the country, their history, stories what happened to other people and where you should be careful, the wild-like on the Island and even the fact that he got stuck in the sand the other day and he had to kiss it good bye as the ocean took it in. 5h later they pulled him out but the 250.000$fan was destroyed. Not much you can do about that.
He even told us when you get stuck in there with Our private car you would have to wait until other cars will pass by and help you. At this time of the year there are only about 30cars on the island. At around Christmas he once stopped counting at 300cars lined up in the main beach which is about xxxx long. wow!
The speed of our car and the fact that we hit a lot of incoming water was super scarry as it was splashing high and the truck when left-right-left. Apparently you need to go that close to the water as the sand is too soft at the very end of the beach so you would be to slow or sink in the sand.
You only need to warch the waves when they keep coming in or going out and try to avoid them when they come in and drive in "S-lines". If you are surounded by water, always move your car either back or forwards otherwise you will sink in the sand as well.
One of the first stops where the ship-wrack:
Fraser Island has claimed many ships with twenty-three wrecks were recorded in Fraser Island waters between 1856 and 1935, when the S.S. Maheno beached near The Pinnacles. The Sandy Cape light house was switched on in 1870 but this, and a smaller light on Woody Island, did little to alleviate the number of ships wrecked.
The Maheno - is the most famous of Fraser Island's wrecks and has become a landmark attraction. Built in 1905, the SS Maheno was one of the first turbine-driven steamers. She plied a regular route between Sydney and Auckland until she was commissioned as a hospital ship in Europe during World War One. She also served in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
In 1935, she and her sister ship the Oonah were sold to Japan for scrap.
The rudders of the boats were removed and they were being towed to Japan. When they reached Queensland Waters, a cyclonic storm snapped the tow chain and the Maheno drifted helplessly onto Fraser Island's ocean beach.
The Seabelle was one of the first ships to be recorded as lost off Fraser Island. The 158-ton schooner left Rockhampton on 7 March 1857 and was wrecked the following day on Breaksea Spit, the north-eastern tip of the island.
The Seabelle was one of the first ships to be recorded as lost off Fraser Island. The 158-ton schooner left Rockhampton on 7 March 1857 and was wrecked the following day on Breaksea Spit, the north-eastern tip of the island.
Out main destination for the day were "Indian head" the main rock/hill on the very end of Fraser which we decided to climp up.
10min walk 60m above ground. Careful on the edges at the front as it goes all the way down to the cliffs.
On the other side if that rock are 2more beaches and people go swimming in the water even tho it was a lot colder than in Noosa.
You do need to be careful if you want to take a swim or go surfing as there are no life-guards what so ever. This is the tricky thing in Australia. You can go to beautiful beaches by yourself if you rent a car but if you there all alone, nobody else there you never know what's out in the water like toxic jellyfish, sharks or if the current pulls you into the open water. VERY DANGEROUS!
So far our tour was very adventures with a lot of fun pumpy driving, a few stops to go either in the sea, walk around or climp up the Indian rock.
Next stop the coloured sands:
There are two stories to these natural wonders:
1) the romantic aboriginal story about Aboriginal legend tells us that The Coloured Sands were formed as follows:
"Way back in dream-time, there lived on the banks of the Noosa River a beautiful black maiden called Murrawar who fell in love with the Rainbow, which came to visit her here every morning. She would clap her hands and sing to this lovely rainbow.
"One day the Burwilla, a very bad man from a distant tribe, stole Murrawar for his slave wife, beating her cruelly and making her do all his work, while he sat in the shade admiring his terrible killing boomerang. This boomerang was bigger than the biggest tree and full of evil spirit.
"One day Murrawar ran away and as she hurried along the beach, which was all flat in those days, she looked back and saw Burwilla's boomerang coming to kill her. Calling out for help, she fell to the ground too frightened to run.
"Suddenly she heard a loud noise in the sky and saw her faithful Rainbow racing towards her across the sea. The wicked boomerang attacked the brave Rainbow and they met with a roar like thunder, killing the boomerang instantly and shattering the Rainbow into many small pieces.
"Alas, the poor sick and shattered Rainbow lay on the beach to die and is still there with all its colours, forming the hills along the beach."
2) Geologists say that the sands are stained by decaying vegetable matter as it seeps through. Geologists aren't that romantic.
Wile visiting this short stop a small 10seater airplain landed right in the middle of the beach. Impressive if you have to share a natural road with lots of different vehicles.
Out last stop before reaching the hotel redort i. Happy Valley was a sweet-water creek/lake. A lot of people with their trucks were there and the kids went all into the water which was cristal clear but very cold as it is right from one of the lakes on Fraser.
This was our afternoon chill out point where we could just get our bikinis, chill and ly in the sun for a bit. Sunny!!
At about 5pm we reached our little luxurious resort hotel/apartments in Happy Valley a small Village with the smallest shop ever. Only vital things to buy there like breat, drinks, fishing staff, showers gel,....etc.
We decided to get some wine there as all the other food was supplied by the tour guide and included in the price of 169$ for 2days one night.
There is no signal what so ever in this island an no WIFI! damn it!
Before having dinner at around 6pm the girls and I decided to walk down to the beach for a bit and all of a sudden we spotted a WILD DINGO on the beach!
This was really luck as there are not a lot of Dingos left on Fraser. There used to be loooots of them but as too much happened with kids getting attacked, even killed and more attacings of backpackers kept happening the park-rangers killed shot most of them.
You need to be super careful when walking around here and never walk by yourself in the bush or in the beach when it's very early or getting dark. They are not agressive but they are still wild animals. Just be sensitive about it!
The Dingo we spotted was all by itself just walking around on the beach and the hill. As we went closer to get a good picture the Dingo came right towards is and you would think they look like thin dogs, they are more like wolfs so they don't bark.
We decided to made a move as 10m were a bit too close for us! The most important thing if you see a Dingo: NEVER RUN! as they would see you as their food and chase after you! Just stand still and made yourself as big as you can or stay in a group.
Wow we've seen some wildlife, again!!!!Lucky journey!
For dinner we had either Beef steaks or fish with different kinds of salat and our wine. Yummy!
The village is protected by fences so Dingos wouldn't come in but they avoid the humane villages anyways.
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