Dare to be you
In the Outback counts the name Birdsville for two… It is a really must do, so the next part of my trip I intend to visit the entire part around the small city. The Simpson Desert at the east, named as one of the biggest 4WD experiences in the country, the lakes of Innamincka to the south and the Channel Country up in the north. A promising part…
We leave Kin Kin and continue our trip to Noosa Head, a beach village with an entire surf climate along its pristine beaches. Along the road we pass a self car wash. After three months Janis can use a bath, but all the sea water we caught on Fraser makes a good cleaning necessary. We enjoy the high pressure cleaning and give her a huge shower. We finally know once again which colour our car initially had. But we visit Noosa for the small national park in the city, the spot is known to see some koala’s in the wild… And yes we’re once again lucky! At the start of the trip there rest one in a tree near the coffee shop, a cute grey bear on a tree branch.
The Aboriginal people knew about the beauty of the island, when they named it K’Gari, what means paradise. Fraser Island is the biggest sand island in the world, 120 km long and 15 km wide. It is a huge mass of sand, with an entire rainforest on it. Part of the beauty of this patch of land is formed by the numerous freshwater lakes. These are formed by the rain, falling on an impenetrable soil layer, formed by the remnants of leaves and other organic materials.
Upon arrival in the National Park at noon, we head to the information bay to find out about all the options in this Gorge. Quite tired of driving another 800 km in two days, we decide to go for the three day hike, to discover the entire area. This time we need to pick our tent and sleeping bags with us for the two nights inside the gorge camp ground. We start the trip with rain jackets and waterproof flybags on our backpacks, because of the heavy rainfall in the beginning. The fall stops after some fifteen minutes, when we see the sun again.
After some wonderful days at sea it is once again time to go on and drive. But we start our day with walking along the Esplanade in Cairns once again, where we spot some waterbirds we’ve not seen yet. Our list of typical Australian wildlife starts to grow steadily!
On the Road 
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