From Noosa (Sunshine Coast) it’s possible to reach the biggest sand island of the world, Unesco world heritage site, Fraser island. It’s definitely worth to visit! We took an organized day trip. It costs, but on the other hand you don’t have to drive yourself a bit the whole day, you get the food and probably some of the nicest views of your life.

To get there from Noosa Heads you first drive through Cooloola national park, (the Great Sandy National park) passing the Rainbow beach. It was lovely beach, just impossible beautiful. For us it was so strange you can actually drive on the sandy beach. The beach is isolated and empty, and suddenly the normal traffic rules apply (like max speed of 80 km/h). It was impossible!

The Fraser island is huge (125 km long) and on a day trip you can only see a bit of it. We were ten tourists in the bus, and we got really nice lunch in an old logging station. We had a break in a lake McKenzie, and that was the top of it all, it was crystal clear silica water, and in the middle of the rainforest! With the sand, you can polish your jewelry (Jukka did his watch, not thinking the sand will end up also inside the watch).

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Next we will start driving south from here in Noosa. We should reach Sydney (about 950 km) in next 12 days’ time. To be continued!