Fraser Island

Hey everyone,

It has been so long I almost forgot my username and password for this thing. My mom also informed me that April 12th was my last update. I was for sure someone else would get on me for that, but no one did...

Well, a few weekends ago we went to Fraser Island. It is the largest sand island in the world and was only about 2 hours away. Michelle and I went with all international students. There are no roads on the island, just beaches...we had to transfer into a four-wheel drive bus and it just drove on the beach!! They warned us about looking for cars because you can't hear them coming over the sound of the waves. It was a little bumpy at times but a really fun experience. We first went to Lake Wabby. We had to walk what seemed like forever over sand dunes to get to the lake. We rolled down a big dune into the water, getting sand in crevices I didn't know I had. The lake was a really beautiful green color. In the afternoon we went to Indian Head. It was a rock shaped like an...you guessed it...an Indian Head. The view was amazing. We got some great pics! We stopped at the wreckage of a desserted ship...Michelle will have to fill in the details, as she had a long chat with the tour guides.
The next morning we got up early and went to Lake McKenzie. It is 10 meters deep (according to Sara's blog) and you can see to the bottom. It was sooo beautiful. We were there over an hour and I could've spent all day there. The aboriginals had great skin, hair and teeth and was previously attributed to their diet. It was later found that the water and sand of Lake McKenzie was what was making their skin to great. We spread the sand over us and put it in our hair, which left our hair feeling super solf. Michelle brushed her teeth with the sand and supposedly her teeth felt cleaner. Right after leaving Lake McKenzie is started raining, so we passed on the rainforest walk. We were all ready to get home. We were gone only 2 days but they really packed those days full and the nap on the way home was a much needed one.

Well, I'm all computered out (if that is a word) and I will update again soon and tell you about the Rugby game and our trip to Surfer's Paradise. Hope everyone is good, great and wonderful.

Miss ya all.

love, hilary