Come with me - A Day on Fraser Island

[Mad Aussie]

A little after 10am we arrived back to a place, we had driven by to see the Maheno, called Eli Creek.
As you'll see from the photos, the weather wasn't given us the bright sun that makes the white, sandy bottomed creek sing with clarity and colour but it still wasn't bad at all.

Here we are looking at the mouth of the creek and a boardwalk that keeps visitors out of the environment and restricts how far up the creek you can go.


Looking back out to sea and Glenn's Landcruiser parked on high ground


Glenn walking across the boardwalk


Looking upstream


You can make a grand entrance here




It looks about 6 inches (150mm) deep, but in reality it's about 30 inches (500mm) deep. You can see a couple of small freshwater fish in there too.

[Mad Aussie]

Time to head further south and look for the inland trails to a magical sand lake (there are several on Fraser) so we headed back to the Landcruiser where a 4x4 tour bus and a plane we had seen earlier parked way down the beach had arrived with their load of tourists.

[MoinMoin]

Steve, that's an excellent pictures story. With these wonderful photos I can live the journey with you - even thousands of kilometers away!

[Mad Aussie]

Steve, that's an excellent pictures story. With these wonderful photos I can live the journey with you - even thousands of kilometers away!

I'm pleased you are enjoying the trip with me Kerstin Keep the seatbelt on tight ... we aren't finished yet

[Mad Aussie]

So, around 11.30 am we turned inland and began the long, slow journey through the rainforests towards Lake McKenzie.

The speed limit is 30 kph through these roads but in many places it's not really possible to even do that.

As we got away from the beach, the flora changed quickly and soon we were in a section of cool looking trees that looked like they were bleeding rust!






Further in still and the plants were becoming even more varied

[Mad Aussie]

As we got towards the islands center, things got wetter


I decided to play with some slow shutter shots and capture a sensation of speed. We were only doing 30 kph but it looks like were flying!








next stop ... the lake

[okmqaz42]

Powerful, truly wonderful. Thanks for doing that it is great to really get a view of another country. Perfect..

[Mad Aussie]

Powerful, truly wonderful. Thanks for doing that it is great to really get a view of another country. Perfect..

Thanks okmqaz42 ... glad you are enjoying the ride

[aubintbay]

Awsome set as always MA! Easy to see why it is world heritage listed.

[Mad Aussie]

Awsome set as always MA! Easy to see why it is world heritage listed.

Thanks