Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Fraser Island • Queensland

Well it was off to Fraser Island on Friday for a few days, mixing work
with pleasure. We stayed in a beautiful house at Orchid Beach
(up the Northern End of the island). Whilst I was there with the
family to enjoy a few days R&R I did have a job to do !
Well, sort of ....
Shooting a few pics of the house we stayed in for for some friends
(if you can call that work).
So I was able to duck off and shoot a few images for myself too ..













The best part about this shot was
the coconut smiled on cue ..
no blinks either ...

Fraser Island truly is a beautiful part of Australia, oh and it's big !
124 Kilometers big !













One of the local dingoes
taking a break ..
Fraser is well known for its
Dingo population.




















The views at daybreak are spectacular !













"The Maheno"

En route to Japan, in cyclonic
conditions her tow rope broke
and she came to grief on the
eastern beach of Fraser Island.
That was back in 1935













The Champagne Pools are located
just North of Indian Head, along
75-mile beach. These pools provide
a very popular swimming hole with
the ocean crashing over the rocks
into shallow sandy pools. The foaming water is where the name
Champagne Pools comes from.













Errrrr..... Rock Slime .....

So there you have it, a few of the shots taken in three days on the island, traveling with a wife and two kids too !

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