For
the last week or so we’ve stopped at several pretty freshwater creeks along the
northern coast of Fraser Island all of which run beside and more or less parallel to the
beach for quite a distance before turning inland: Coongul Creek, Woralie Creek,
Bowarrady Creek and Awinya Creek. Finally we stopped at the Lagoon at Wathumba
at the beginning of Platypus Bay. Blessed with warm days, sunshine and calm
waters, Matey felt inspired to take some pics …
Awinya
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New friends
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Wathumba
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| Red water of Wathumba Creek |
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| Mangrove in flower |
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| Cosy bike storage |
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| Rising dough |
Blokesville
Some neighbouring campers made Matey ponder whether there might be a correlation between size of fishermen’s beards and proximity to the equator – beards seem to be
getting larger as we go north. Perhaps they grow them for protection from the
sun? Hmmm ... dual purpose beards? As the nights are quite cold they would serve as doona too. Sadly, Matey didn’t think to get a photo of our new
friends with their impressive foliage until after they had left.
To Bundaberg
With
fresh water accessible close by our water stocks lasted well.
The revised vegetable preservation plan has proven quite successful. After a 4 am start and a slightly rough trip this afternoon we arrived in Bundaberg for restocking so we can make our way to the
reef islands - hooray! This meant a healthy dinner of fresh prawns and chocolate eclairs. Fortunately it also means good internet access!
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