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We went up to Fraser over the extended Oz day weekend with the 4wd club . 4 cars plus ourselves with the camper left on Thurs 22nd and John came the next day on low tide with his caravan. We all met at the shell servo at Nudgee at 6am to travel in convoy. We arrived at inskip around 10am. I found out on the way up we would be crossing at high tide and this one was aparrently a king tide. All the cars were waiting to run the gauntlet to the barge which was a good 150m dash. After airing down to 16 I went for it and only just made it as the last 40m was through 2ft of water with a very soft bottom. Somehow we maintained just enough momentum to make it on being the second last vehicle to fit on.(just as well cause there was no turning back. Drove the inland track and as soon as we got back onto the beach down came the rain. Stopped for a quick pie at the shops at Eurong and then drove on to find a campsite about 2km past the Maheno wreck. That first arvo wasn't much fun as the rain was heavy by this stage and relentless. Setting up camp wasn't much fun.
The prados stuck together at camp too
Friday the weather was a lot better with only a few showers so we drove up towards Indian head and went for a swim in the Champagne pools. No chance of losing my 2 in their high vis.
Drove up to waddy point for a look and a group shot
We drove to Orchid Beach, stopped at the shop for an ice block then headed back stopping for a quick look at the coloured sands on the way , then a swim in the chilly freshwater of Eli creek before thunder chased us back to camp for dinner.
Saturday we decided to go see Lake Mackenzie. on the way we stopped and did the short walk to the lookout over Lake Wabby .The trip leader that day was Robbie who was then anointed Wabby for the rest of the drive.
Lake Mackenzie was spectacular the crystal clear freshwater was soooo nice to swim in and the kids and most of us swam for hours. Definitely one of my highlights.
After a swim , we drove across to Kingfisher resort to the bar and restaurant for a beer and a steak before a walk along the jetty at dusk.
We ended up leaving around 8pm and did the night drive back to camp which took about 75 mins
The prados stuck together at camp too
Friday the weather was a lot better with only a few showers so we drove up towards Indian head and went for a swim in the Champagne pools. No chance of losing my 2 in their high vis.
Drove up to waddy point for a look and a group shot
We drove to Orchid Beach, stopped at the shop for an ice block then headed back stopping for a quick look at the coloured sands on the way , then a swim in the chilly freshwater of Eli creek before thunder chased us back to camp for dinner.
Saturday we decided to go see Lake Mackenzie. on the way we stopped and did the short walk to the lookout over Lake Wabby .The trip leader that day was Robbie who was then anointed Wabby for the rest of the drive.
Lake Mackenzie was spectacular the crystal clear freshwater was soooo nice to swim in and the kids and most of us swam for hours. Definitely one of my highlights.
After a swim , we drove across to Kingfisher resort to the bar and restaurant for a beer and a steak before a walk along the jetty at dusk.
We ended up leaving around 8pm and did the night drive back to camp which took about 75 mins
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