Koala Backpackers Hostel in Hervey Bay
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Raina and I on the ferry to Fraser Island
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Our ranger/tour guide explaining some of the foliage on Fraser Island
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Basin Lake (freshwater)
        
      
     
    
    
    
      
      
        
          
Acid Frog
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Dragonfly skin (they crawl up the reeds and hatch out of these when they are ready to fly)
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
A gigantic dead bush cockroach
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Hiking to lunch
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Me in the rainforest
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Beautiful rainforest with crystal clear water
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Lake Mckenzie
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Lake Mckenzie
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Raina and I on the bus, beginning the 2nd day
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Stormy east coast of Fraser Island
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Hiro (Japan), Karm (England), Matt (Chicago), Luca (Switzerland), Leo (Chile) and Maarten (Holland) were some of the guys on the tour
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Dead shark!
        
      
     
    
    
    
    
    
      
      
        
          
View of the water, sand and forest from the plane
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Rainforest with river
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
A few of the freshwater lakes on the island
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Butterfly Lake
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Dense rainforest that looks like broccoli from the air
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
View of the shipwreck from the air
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Red sand mountains
        
      
     
    
    
    
      
      
        
          
Climbing up Indian Head
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
All hiking up Indian Head
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
View from Indian Head
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Rain in the distance
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Karm, me and Matt
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
A moment in the sun
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Me on the beach as the rain starts to fall
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
The whole group!
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Laura, Jenny, Raina and I were all roommates in a cabin
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Me, Briany, Raina and Maarten...we all stayed together at the Hostel back in Hervey Bay
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Wild Dingo
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Jenny and Laura (Holland)
        
      
     
    
    
      
      
        
          
Peace!
        
      
     
    
      
      
        
          
Eight of us returned to Hervey Saturday night