Heading back up the road

We are just waking up this morning and getting all of our gear packed back into our bags. This afternoon we are due to get on a greyhound heading due north back up to Hervey Bay. Initially we drove past Hervey Bay on the way south, as we needed to get to Brisbane as soon as we could. For those of you who dont know; Hervey Bay is one of the places where you can get the ferry over to Faser Island. Whats on Fraser Island you may ask? well its the largest sand island in the world! this means that the water is amazingly clear all over, as the island acts like a giant filter. Also only 4×4 vehicles are allowed on the island as the only roads are tracks in the sand, apparently alot of driving is spent on the beach – so a 4×4 sounds like a good idea!

We are booked to head onto Fraser Island thursday for a few days on a semi-self guided tour of a sort. We beleive we get a vehicle with 8 other people and take turns driving around. We will get into Hervey Bay tonight around 5:15pm, tomorrow we have an orientation, and some info on driving on the island (as it is all sand!) and then Thursday we ship off! We are very excited to get on the island. Matt is a little hesitant as to what on earth we will get up to in Hevery Bay, but we are sure there will be something to do.

These last couple of days we have been hanging out in Brisbane with some friends we knew from online as we mentioned before. We have been staying at our friend, Simon’s house (Soulfer). His whole family has been extremely welcoming to us, inviting us to make their house our house for the past few days. We are both exceptionally thankful for their hospitality! It has been great to have a place that feels a little less temporary for a few days. It feels a little strange to be leaving – as we are used to getting up and being here now! heading into town in the evening, and seeing our Aussie friends daily! going to be strange going from never meeting them, to seeing them everyday, to never seeing them again…hopefully one day they can get over to Canada.

Anyways, We best get going and start trying to repack our bags and make everything fits once again! It’s strange how your cloths seems to grow as time goes on! Wish us luck and we are sure we will have new pictures and a blog when we get back from Fraser Island!