Although the sun wasn’t shining, it was bright and not
raining when Colin and I left home for our three days on Fraser Island.
It is quite a long drive (six hours, thanks to major road works in several
places) but we broke up the distance with a couple of stops. The first was at a
service station where we enjoyed a coffee and shared a most delicious apple
crumble muffin from “wild bean” café and the second was to eat our packed lunch
in the rose gardens at Maryborough. I can share a picture of Colin eating his
lunch but the roses behind him will be at their best in quite a few months
time!
Colin enjoying his lunch in the Rose Gardens of Maryborough
Very near to the rose park was a striking old building, I couldn’t resist
pulling the car over as we were leaving to take a photograph of it, the huge
embossed arch that was once the entrance revealed that this was once a flour
mill belonging to the Dominion Milling Company. The place is vacant and for
sale – but I would have loved to wander around it and take a few more photos!
The old mill near the rose gardens
We set the GPS so that we could find the booking office for
Kingfisher bay and the poor “girl” giving the directions nearly had a coronary
when the twisty road changed direction and became a beautiful motorway! She
told me to turn left, follow the highlighted route and eventually demanded I do
a U-turn! Silence eventually reigned when the motorway rejoined the original
road! So much for the Garmin update! (Garmin is the make of the GPS).
Almost at the ferry to Fraser Island
We arrived at Riverheads in good time and after checking in
our suitcase we went off exploring (and taking photos) for a while. The homes
built here all look neat and expensive and the gardens are all tidy – not
overflowing with colour but neat with lawns and shrubs. The ferry trip across
from the mainland to Fraser
Island took around forty
minutes, I was pleased that I had my new “toy” with me, I managed to read two
chapters of my latest novel on it!
Not too many passengers on the ferry to Kingfisher Bay
The sand hills of the island looked drab and
colourless under the grey clouds so the camera stayed in the case throughout
the journey!
A little coach was waiting for us on the jetty and it
dropped us off at the front door of the resort. What an impressive entry!
The entrance to the Kingfisher Bay hotel.
A young man guided us into a room where he advised us of the
different restaurants and activities that were available. With the top
temperatures for the next two days to be below 20 degrees none of us was too
excited by the offer of outdoor swimming pools heated or otherwise nor about
the canoes, stand-up paddleboards or any of the activities that involved
getting wet! Perhaps a ride on a “Segway” might be a challenge! I have never
tried one of those. Tennis is not my scene, nor is sitting on a bar stool!
There are plenty of places to get tipsy!
Tomorrow we are going on a tour of the beauty spots – but
the weather forecast is not very encouraging. Fingers crossed!
AJ
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