Monday, June 16, 2008

Fraser Island...

Spent another FULL day today, with Brendan as a tour guide - I'll be needing a vacation to rest up when we get home...

Today our first stop was a place called Lake McKenzie...a STUNNING lake inland on the island. We had a blast there - the water was so gorgeous. LOVE the shot of my 69 year old dad - first time he's worn his swim trunks in years - and the aussie dude checking him out!

Then we went to an area called central station, where we had a sausage sizzle (aussie hotdogs!!)...and went on an incredible hike through a tropical rainforest/jungle. The wild looking tree is a gum tree, with a strangler fig which is a parasite that grows over the host tree and envelops them and eventually kills the host tree - it's WILD looking!

Also found this great dingo cache to lock the kids in when they get out of hand!

Off for more adventure tomorrow...





3 comments:

hehe said...

That tree is amazing, I can't image what it looks like in real life. Are you keeping a journal to remember all the adventures?

Ren said...

Love your shot of that tree!

Gosh... we're sitting here this morning, shivering because we're so cold... and then we look at your photos of being in the WATER! It's insane!!!

Laureen said...

hey heather...this blog is my journal! Miss you guys back home...but wow, this is such an adventure!