Travel to Australia

Day 11 Fraser Island (II)

Lake Wabby is the deepest of the island's lakes. The serene beauty of this deep blue lake, rich in fish and surrounded by tall and old trees, is embedded among huge sand dunes. That is why the walk from the beach to the lake (about half an hour) becomes very tiring if it is done in the middle of the dunes instead of going along the marked path. There are also 40 other freshwater lakes on the island, up to 2 square kilometers in size. They include Lake McKenzie or Lake Birrabeen.

The Pinnacles, The Cathedrals and Rainbow Gorge are high cliffs (called Colored Sands) of petrified reddish sand with a multitude of shades sculpted by wind and rain over many years. They are composed of sands of more than seventy different colors ranging from bright white, through ocher and to black.

After lunch we go to Lake Allom, a lake where you can bathe surrounded by curious little turtles that stick their heads from the water to contemplate tourists. The lake is located in the middle of one of the rainforests of the island. The vegetation and rainforests occupy 159,000 hectares, but in places where there is only sand the earth is in continuous movement. As regards the fauna, 230 species of birds and 25 species of mammals are native to this place, among which the dingo stands out.

(in 297 Km.) Brisbane: Once again at Moon Point we embark again on the ferry from which we watch the sunset and take us back to Hervey Bay and from there we go down through the Bruce Highway, which advances parallel to the Sunshine Coast. We overnight in the capital of Queensland.