Monday, June 24, 2013

Fraser Island part 2

Hello all,
        The next morning I woke up for sunrise and just soaked it all up!
We cooked breakfast out the back of the truck then drove north on the beach to our first spot of the day. We were heading for a place called Indian Head which is an elevated peninsula with a killer view.
 It was an absolutely beautiful day and could see clearly all up and down the coast. We spent a while gazing off the cliffs into the water. We saw a 14 foot-ish tiger shark, a sea turtle, and some stingrays. While on Indian Head we heard of a place just up the road called The Champagne Pools so we headed up that way to check them out.
        After running some pretty deep sand and a thrilling drive we parked the car and headed down to the pools. The pools were naturally made in some rocks right on the shore. When the waves crashed on the rocks the pools would bubble a lot, hence change pools.  I had a blast here, it was nature at its finest!













        After the pools we drove inland to have lunch at a lake that we heard we could see some turtles at. Driving on the beach you have to be very mindful of the tide as it does come all the way up on the beach. This time driving on the beach it got a little harry, it really felt like we were against the clock.    We got to the lake and well. . . it was really flooded with no where to even really stand. We walked out to a platform just a few feet of the shore and had a feed. Almost instantly countless turtles swam up to us, it was really cool! I even managed to catch one!
         We then headed back to camp, on our way we stopped at the invisible river. It got its name as it is so very clear with a sand bottom which makes it even harder to see the water. There rivers is pretty clear of derbies so we went for a float. This was the perfect end to the day, a nice cool relaxing float down a river through the forrest that ended at the sea with the sun setting.
- Evan



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