Fraser island! (Fraser Island)

Member Name: clairedooyoo

Product:	Fraser Island
Date:	04/09/09 (24 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: beautiful!

Disadvantages: dingos everywhere

If you are ever lucky enough to travel up the East coast of Australia, you will most definitely hear about Fraser Island. It is the largest sand island in the world and its beauty attracts tourists of all ages!

You can book the trip separately, or as part of a package along with 'whitsundays', although we didn't have time to do both so only visited Fraser Island. There are two ways of visiting the island, as an organised trip or self drive. Both have their positive and negatives. If you are on an organised trip you don't have to worry about who will be a skilled enough driver, you also don't have to be concerned about navigating around the island. Whereas if you self drive you can visit parts of the island at your own pace!

My friend and I booked our trip (to make sure we didn't run out of money) quite far in advance, which I would advise against, as you move further up the coast there are more companies advertising the trip, so you are likely to get a better deal. Plus you have more chance of meeting people who are wanting to go at the same time. Whereas we ended up being put in a group, 3 of which didn't speak English!

My opinion of the island is probably also tainted as we had terrible weather for the weekend we were there, it rained so much that the hostel we were staying in flooded! At that point we were so happy we were in a hostel, although we would have really wanted to camp if the weather had been better, people looked like they were having so much more fun.

On the island there are many beautiful lakes, with the clearest water I have ever seen. Unfortunately we were not able to sunbath on the beach due to the rain, but if were thought it was beautiful then, I can only imagine what it is like in the sun! Same for the lookout point, our views were ruined by the cloud, but on a clear day you can apparently spot sharks in the sea. Also on the island, there is a shipwreck to visit and a creek that you can float down - very relaxing.

There are a lot of dingos on Fraser, there are signs everywhere informing you what to do if one approaches you, it is worth giving these a quick read as they do approach you. And beware, although these look like cute animals, remember they are wild dogs, fantastic at hunting!

Summary: The largest sand island in the world, off the east coast of Australia