This is the (rather delayed) last blog post on our East Coast Road trip, as sadly we had to drive home after this and go back to work (sob.)
Our last 2 days were spent on Fraser Island, which is a huge sand island that used to be a logging place, and is now a national park. We caught a 4x4 minibus from the mainland to the island (via a ferry, obviously).
It needs to be a 4x4 because the roads are made of sand, and are definately the bumpiest roads in existence.... before this trip, Layth was talking about needing to go to a chiropracter, but after one day he didn't anymore as the bus ride had effectively rearranged his spine.
A highlight was swimming in the clearest river ever... you walk up the river via a boardwalk, then jump in and swim back down it to the beach. It was stunning!
There is a shipwreck on Fraser that was wrecked in a cyclone, then used for Aussie bombing practice in the war - they weren't very good shots as its still there!
We went up in a tiny plane (not sure how I managed to get Layth into it given how terrible he is at flying - he kept gripping the man in front's shoulder and I had to prise his hand off) and flew over the island, taking off and landing on the beach.
There were seats enough for 6 and the pilot, it was tiny! We flew over butterfly lake as well.
So there it is. Very sad that our trip is over, but what a lot we've seen.....
xxxxx Sarah and Layth xxxxx
(PS. And we didn't feel too bad about getting back to "reality", as this was the sunset from our balcony on the night we got home! Bloody spoilt we are!)
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