Fraser Island

When Ed and I decided to take the step, have a year off and travel round Australia, my age immediately rang alarm bells. Being on the cusp of 30, I must admit that I worried about being surrounded by 18 year old backpackers and whether I would fit in. Since being away I haven't worried about it once, until we booked the Fraser Island Trip that is. The trip was a 3 day, 2 night 4x4 safari, which involved 11 people touring round the island in a large 4x4 and camping and cooking together each night. 11 people, stuck in a confined space, together all day and night, would be seen as an adventure by some or a potential disaster by a miserable old cunt like me.

Well hands up, I was wrong, because we have just got back from one of the best trips I've ever been on. By the luck of the draw we were put with a fantastic set of people who made the trip what it was. Okay one of the girls looked like the bride of chuckie, couldn't handle talking about vibrators over breakfast and thought a capital city of Europe was Portugal but hey, 10 out of 11 ain't bad.

The actual trip itself involved a lot of driving during the day to see the natural wonders of Fraser Island and it truly was amazing. From desert like patches of sand, to spectacular fresh water lakes and a phenomenal ship wreck on the beach.

Then at night we would pitch our tents, crack open several beers and get to know our companions. German, Dutch, American, English and Irish, all of them were incredibly funny and entertaining. There was Simon, the German medic, who would introduce the drinking game slaps with 'Vot is ze name of ze game' and 'Vot is ze aim of ze game', we had a great night walk to the ship wreck with Rebecca and Nick,

but our hearts went to Sarah - a bi polar, social worker from Chicago who had a cleavage as loud and proud as her voice. A constant source of entertainment, we just loved her company and here are just a few of her fabulous beach poses, from our mock photo shoot, that had the group in absolute hysterics.
After getting back to the mainland we organised a beach front barbie to say a proper goodbye to our group. However, there was one person that we couldn't bear to leave, so Matt, Ed and Eric are now being joined by Sarah for a few days, as we head down to the Gold Coast to hit the Theme parks.

P.S. Eric is currently in a garage after they found break fluid leaking down his leg. We are starting to get the feeling that Eric doesn't like us very much.