Well we finally left the Gold/Sunshine Coast for the on Thursday 28 April.
We joined our friends Janice and Terry Byrne at the Windmill Caravan Park at Hervey Bay.
Windmill is a small park, about 45 sites, a little back from the beach and this suits us perfectly.
Some of the activities we have done since arriving include:
Riding bikes along the Hervey Bay Esplanade, and then down the Urangan Pier.
A seafood banquet at the Marina watching the royal wedding, although Marty was most reluctant about the wedding but couldn't find a footy game to watch in lieu.
The next morning we set off early down to River Heads for the first morning barge across the Great Sandy Strait to world heritage listed Fraser Island for an unforgettable day of self drive 4WD on sand tracks.
Some of the sights that we saw on the Island were:
Lake McKenzie with its pure white sand and the fresh water and its shade of light blue,
Wanggoolba Creek at Central Station where you walk from an open, sunny picnic area into dark, lush rainforest wilderness with tall straight trees and lichen-covered logs and with water in the creek which is so clear and calm, and with the sandy creek bed it is hard to see the water.
Seventy Five Mile Beach with its smorgasbord of attractions along the way, the 'Maheno' wreck, the Pinnacles, and a spectacular coloured sand formations, the Cathedrals.
Waddy Point stopping to look at Stonetool Sandblow, before heading back to Kingfisher Bay and the 40 minute barge ride back to the mainland.
One of the frew things that we did not see were dingos, but we did hear them
In total we did 115 Kiometers in the Byrne car with Terry doing most of the driving except for some four wheel track and beach driving lessons under the guidance of road safety officer Terry.
