Fraser Island Trip--Sunday, Day 2

Keep in mind, the pictures really tell a better story!!! Check them out if you haven’t done it yet…

We left for Fraser Island at 8 PM. Our first stop was Byron Bay, New South Wales, and we got there about 7:30 in the morning. We were early so we couldn’t actually check into our rooms at the hostel. While everyone else was standing around with their fingers up their butts, Ana and I availed ourselves of the free bikes the hostel had. We rode around the town. It was a quaint little beach resort town, really quiet at 8 AM. We only rode for about 10 minutes because the bicycle seats were specially designed to be extra painful. We had a crappy eggs-n-toast breakfast at a place I later noticed was for sale (never a good sign) then headed back to the beach. I spent the rest of the morning walking to the Cape Byron Lighthouse, which is Australia’s easternmost point.

The highlight of this day was kayaking on the Brunswick River. I have some great pictures of the sun setting over Mount Chincogan so go check them out! Our guide spent a year getting all the permits to give tours on the river (it goes through national park land). He’s the only one who does it because the long process keeps others away. You could tell he was really passionate about his job and the land. His voice got soft when he was telling us how he would have to stop the river tours if his liability insurance rates went up any more. I went home soaking wet, freezing my ass off, and really happy.