Fraser Island

Fraser Island started off with an interview at my hostel. Little did I know this would be a crucial part of the fun times that lay ahead. As you can see, a group of 11 backpackers will all go in together and rent a 4 wheel drive jeep in order to navigate around this island made entirely of sand. So we loaded into Lucy and made our way to Fraser. Through out the trip we made many rules to enhance the fun on our trip. We started off making new names and nationalities for ourselves. We had Dirk from Holland (Dave, UK), Dara from Iceland (Julia, Germany), Michelle from Switzerland (Franzi, Germany), Claire from Ireland (Katrina, Germany), Rosita with her flamenco dancing feeta from Argentina (Pipien, Holland), Ramaramadingdong from Africa (Gaz, UK), Jesus from Israel (Jay, Ireland), Christ from Egypt (Kaur, Estonia), Moses (Audrus, Estonia), Mary (Merike, Estonia) and finally Sally from Canada. Many of these names I didn't know until the end. The second rule was that there was only English speaking and if they spoke in their language they got an "X", 5 "X"'s mean you have to spell your name with your hips. Also if the other English speakers were hard to understand, they too would get an "X". We also had another game going on where we had tasks we had to perform on other people which also made us act that much more crazy. The back of Lucy became our own karaoke booth with Jesus and I leading the songs.
We stopped by a crystal blue fresh water lake called Lake McKenzie and had a dip. We were able to run into a few dingos there. Now remember, they are very dangerous animals, should you come across one, cross your arms over your chest and stare them down. Or run up to them and take their picture. That night we set up camp on the beach and had dinner and drank away. It was great waking up next to the sea (at 5am) but not so great waiting until 10 in the boiling sun with sand flies biting you everywhere, until the tide goes down to get on with your day.
The following day we went to Indian head and looked out for dolphins and then to Eli Creek where we floated down the 2 foot deep creek. We ended our time on Fraser, completing all of our tasks and spelling "Dingo" with our hips and proclaiming how much we loved Lucy. Yep, we were the obnoxious people on the trip.