After Brisbane we travelled further north to Rainbow Beach. This is a pretty small town with basically nothing there except three hostels, a petrol station and a supermarket. It's basically a starting point for Fraser Island tours which will be my next post. Rainbow beach does, however, have a lovely beach and we spent our day there soaking up some rays, playing Frisbee and chillaxing! We had some lovely people in the hostel with us so that evening we had a few drinks and a good old natter! These guys were going to Fraser the next morning whereas we were going the day after so unfortunately we didn't spend any more time with them.
The next day we had a briefing about our self drive tour to Fraser - we basically just watched some DVDs telling us what to do if a Dingo attacks us, how to get out of the sand if we get stuck - very boring stuff!
We also went on a guided tour to the sand blow located about 30 minutes away from the town. When we got there, we got to throw some boomerangs - I was much better than I thought I would be - the boomerang at least did come back to me, I just couldn't catch it! We also got to go sand-boarding which did not end well for me! I was doing fine until I reached the bottom at which point I flew off and got covered in sand - it was everywhere, even in my eyes! Was great fun though. After this we got to watch the sunset before making our way back to the sand cliff for a lovely walk back along the beach - easier said than done.
By the time we had finished playing, it had started to get dark and a storm had started very close by. We rushed down the cliff to also notice that the tide had come in much quicker than expected. We were trying to rush along the beach in the dark, with the only light being the random strikes of lightening. At one point the tide had come in too far so we had to clamber up the sand cliff again (it wasn't that steep at this point), and walk along to avoid getting taken out to sea! It was actually pretty dangerous but luckily we all made it back to the town, just in time for the heavens to open on us! That night a German guy was in our dorm and as we had spare beds, 2 of his friends were crashing for free. I wish we never agreed to this...one of his friends was snoring SOOOOOO loudly he woke us all up! This went on for ages and ages so Kerry and Claire were shouting at him to wake up and ask him to roll over so the snoring would stop! Eventually Kerry had to go and poke this guy and ask him! A bad nights sleep with more to follow in Fraser!
The next day we had a briefing about our self drive tour to Fraser - we basically just watched some DVDs telling us what to do if a Dingo attacks us, how to get out of the sand if we get stuck - very boring stuff!
We also went on a guided tour to the sand blow located about 30 minutes away from the town. When we got there, we got to throw some boomerangs - I was much better than I thought I would be - the boomerang at least did come back to me, I just couldn't catch it! We also got to go sand-boarding which did not end well for me! I was doing fine until I reached the bottom at which point I flew off and got covered in sand - it was everywhere, even in my eyes! Was great fun though. After this we got to watch the sunset before making our way back to the sand cliff for a lovely walk back along the beach - easier said than done.
By the time we had finished playing, it had started to get dark and a storm had started very close by. We rushed down the cliff to also notice that the tide had come in much quicker than expected. We were trying to rush along the beach in the dark, with the only light being the random strikes of lightening. At one point the tide had come in too far so we had to clamber up the sand cliff again (it wasn't that steep at this point), and walk along to avoid getting taken out to sea! It was actually pretty dangerous but luckily we all made it back to the town, just in time for the heavens to open on us! That night a German guy was in our dorm and as we had spare beds, 2 of his friends were crashing for free. I wish we never agreed to this...one of his friends was snoring SOOOOOO loudly he woke us all up! This went on for ages and ages so Kerry and Claire were shouting at him to wake up and ask him to roll over so the snoring would stop! Eventually Kerry had to go and poke this guy and ask him! A bad nights sleep with more to follow in Fraser!
Rainbow Beach
Some wicked clouds
Playing frisbee
Playing with the boomerang
The effect of sandboarding
Kerry sandboarding
Group jumpshot at sunset on the Rainbow beach blowout
The multi-coloured sand - hence rainbow beach
A storms a brewing!We awoke early the next morning to prepare for our trip to Fraser (see next post)
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