A Day on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.

Sunday 11th November

Up at 4.45 am had a breakfast and be waiting at the gate for pickup at 6.30 am. It is still raining very hard but will still enjoy. We had other people to pick up on our way to Inskip point where we drive onto the ferry. The tide was so high we could not drive up the Rainbow beach, may do it on our way back they said. The back roads we went on and the forests we drove through are really lovely even in this rain. At Inskip we had a pit stop some people grabbed a bite to eat then we headed for the 1 km drive along the sands to board, the sea’s are very rough, windy and awesome.

Crossing Over. It was a rough crossing but fun.

View for morning tea This was the view from our wee smoko break on Fraser Island. We drove on up the beach then headed for Lake McKenzie through sand tracks and rainforest, pristine creeks, all so pure and natural.

Sam getting lunch sorted This is Sam getting lunch ready for us all, the weather was real grotty but no problem for Sam and the spread he put on was real nice, plenty of food for every one, even catered for Gluten Free diet.

Rainforest, Fraser Island Pristine waters, it is so hard to tell if there is water in this creek but it is so pure and clean, like a spring as it is filtered through the sands. You can see it bubbling up in places.

Pick up from Fraser.

It was a rough crossing going back as well but what a fabulous day.Coloured Sands, Rainbow Beach.

This is the Rainbow coloured sands at Rainbow Beach, The rest of the trip went real good and the Lake was lovely but to wet to get photos, some very steep country on the Island and we only saw a fraction of it, I will be going back at some later time. The history that goes with Fraser Island is incredible and interesting.

Trip to Fraser.

Friday 9th November

We left home at 3.30 pm to go up and stay in the Noosa Caravan Park, got there by 5.15 pm. Got settled into the cabin and had tea, weather was not looking good at this stage for our Fraser trip on Sunday, never mind. Got to bed early.

Saturday 10th November

Woke up to hearing rain and it’s been raining most of the night. Got breakfast sorted, packed food for our lunch and got our camera gear ready with plastic bags to keep them dry as we are heading for Arkwright Point to get some photo’s. Well that’s the plan. Nice surprise, get to Arkwright and the rain stopped, we had a cuppa then headed down the beach, skies are dark, ocean rough, beautiful.

Arkwright Point in storm Arkwright on the Sunshine Coast, beautiful storm coming in.

Arkwright in storm No this wave did not get me, but was close. We packed up as the storm was getting to close so by the time we got back up to the car park, had our lunch and down the rain came. It looked like it was setting in so we headed back to the caravan park. Settled in for a restful afternoon. Early to bed as we are having to have a early start tomorrow.

 

Camping Spots, South Island, New Zealand.

TeKapo Caravan Park  Tekapo Caravan Park on the shores of Lake Tekapo. Bitterly cold day, snow is in the air, we spent 2 nights on powered site, needed the heater, woke in the morning and it was snowing, just beautiful. Lots of sites here and the hot pools are in the next complex, I noticed that the prices have gone up,but that’s life.

Round Hut Bush Camp

Round Hut Bush Camp. This spot is on the shores of Lake Ohau, really lovely, no facilities at all, you are allowed to stay here and it’s free, about km off the tar seal on good dirt road. Heaps of trees to park under if your vehicle is not to high, lovely shade in summer, but we used the trees as wind break as it was a very windy, cold night, woke to a beautiful fine day and snow on all the tops.

Deer Flat

Deer Flat, Road into Milford, we spent 2 nights here one on the way in and one when we came out, toilets here are chemical long drops, clean and no smell. This is a DOC site. (Department Of Conservation) $5 a night, this was in August 2012.

Frankton, Queenstown.

Frankton, at the caravan park just out of Queenstown on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Very old but clean and tidy, nice place to stay, was a reasonable cost. The Remarkables in the back ground.

Turnbull Holiday Park

Turnbull Holiday Park. This is on the road to Jackson’s Bay, only road in and out. Lovely spot, great facilities, clean and reasonable fee.

MacDonald Camp

MacDonald’s Camp. This is a DOC site. Very big area, even though it’s just off the main coast road it’s not noisy at all. There is a river just adjacent to us here and very good for Salmon run when there is water flowing. Just over the next bay there is another big area a DOC’s site as well called Otto’s Camp ground on the shores of Lake Mapourika.

Glendhu Bay Van Park

Glendhu Bay, on the shores of Lake Wanaka, on the road to Mt Aspiring. This is a wonderful spot, quiet, clean and reasonable rates, very big and lots of shore walking.

Menaties and huts, Glendhu Bay Van Park

Glendhu Bay, the top end at the entrance. What a view. 🙂

Mosgiel Camping and show grounds.

Mosgiel Camping and Show Grounds. Small, clean, tidy, great facilities and reasonable rates. The show grounds are beside the camp grounds so there was always something happening.

St Andrews Showground camp area

St Andrew’s Camp site Reserve. Off the main Christchurch to Dunedin H’way, quiet, clean plenty of room and very reasonable.

On this trip there were a lot of camp sites we couldn’t get photo’s of due to bad weather. I hope that some of this information is helpful to the reader. 🙂