Why God gave us 4Wheel drives

We now know the reason 4 wheel drives were invented. It is so people in Queensland can get around their state...What a day.

It started at 6:30am when we were picked up outside our campgrounds. From there, a short drive to a ferry across the Noosa river. We then took the shortcut (since we would end up doing about 300Km today) and drove down the 40 mile beach - avoiding the surf where possible. It is quite an amazing experience to be driving around 50 m/h through the sands and surf of this amazing beach. We ended up having to leave the beach and go over some old logging roads to get to our next ferry ride over to Fraser Island.

After we got to Fraser Island, we stopped for Champagne and Orange juice on this hugh expanse of beach, then off again - finally going into the interior of the Island. This was once primarily a logging area, and is the largest sand island in the world. It is covered with a large rain forest, and although it is over 125 Km long and 80 wide, only has about 50 permanent residents on it. It is also a listed World Heritage area - and as such protected for future visitors to see.

The roads are just sand tracks and how they get these vehicles up and down is a mystery to us. After a very rough ride through the forest, we ended up stopping for a short walk through a section of the forest - then back in the Land Rovers, and on to an amazing fresh water lake with the whitest sands we have ever seen. We spent some time in the water and on the beach, had a class A lunch and then back on the road again. By the time we got out of the forest and back to the beach - the tide was only a couple of hours away from high tide - so we had to hurry along to get back to the ferry point without getting washed out to sea (just kidding - we are sure that they had a back up plan).

We ended up stopping for tea next to a river in the state forest on the mainland, and then home. An absolutely brilliant day.