22nd October - Fraser Islanded us!

We've just done the Fraser island experience. Now compared to the Whitsundays, which was one of the best things in the world, this just wasn't. It was far too touristy and things just didn't go to planned.

Firstly, the people in our group just weren't as good. We got on with them, but they weren't as fun and were actually like small children. I wish I'd charged them a fee as I turned out to be their tour guide for the 3 days being the eldest by 5 years not including Sarah. There were 9 of us, 2 young irish girls and 5 young swedish blokes. Swedish was the main language, but we coped.

We got to see a lot of the island which was so cool, really great place with beautiful lakes and ocean and driving on sand was cool. BUT, sooooooooo stressful.

The van got smashed up with a metre long scratch 1 hour into the trip which caused some bond trouble at the end. We had a nightmare getting the campsite set up in time for 9 people with little help, it was so overcrowded with people and the ranger gave us a hard time about where we could camp. We also got stuck a few times.

BUT, the drinking games were fun, the other vans we met up with were cool, I have learned 4wd vans and can drive over anything now and 'Hey Ja hiata Sarah' means 'hello, my name is Sarah' in swedish. One Scottish guy also got so drunk that he fell over whilst peeing into the wind which was funny.

Got back to land after a lot of hassle with the company who we hired the stuff from, don't go with Palace Adventures EVER! Then we showered and ate a steak to make us feel better. Not such a great trip but you can't win them all!

I felt for the first time like a dad, as I was talking to the same Scottish guy, Martin and sober this time and the same age, about the same topic, 4 of the group came up to me and asked to go to the shop to get a coffee or a pizza. Of course they could they are grown ups for gods sake, why ask me?

We survived, though only just! No amount of work has been that stressful or nerve racking for 3 solid days!

Laters and only just

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