Finding a hole on Fraser Island
I was lucky enough to be sent to Fraser Island for work (how cool is that) and thought that going up without the trusty Pajero was just plain wrong. So some workmates and I set off early and got on the Manta Ray barge with a little bit of work and a great deal of fun firmly in mind.
Driving along the beach with blue sky above you, National Park on one side and surf on the other has to be one of the best experiences that four wheel driving and Queensland has to offer. Beach driving on Fraser is a completely different experience to normal driving with everyone smiling and waving between cars, whether they new each other or not. It’s difficult to say if this is due to people being outside of their normal routine, being away from it all, or the beautiful surroundings that we found ourselves in.
Sooner than we would have liked we found ourselves about level with our final destination for the day and headed inland. The inland roads on the island are a different four wheel driving experience altogether. We had hills, slopes, other traffic in small spaces and a fair few holes to deal with along the way.
We wanted to maximise our leisure time while we were there and took every opportunity to explore the island. At one point I came a little unstuck as a large four wheel drive bus was heading down a hill as I was heading up. I did the right thing and got out of the way of the vehicle heading down the hill (one of the extra rules when island driving) but I neglected to notice just how large the hole beside the road actually was and stopped just a touch later than I should have, resulting in the front of the Pajero falling in. To add just a little more embarrassment to the situation the Pajero was full of work colleges and so was the car behind. So after an appropriate amount of laughing and ribbing, the snatch strap went on and out we came. We were all off again in a mater of minutes to see the Maheno shipwreck further up the island.
But that little adventure is for another story.
