Friday, January 17, 2014

The Day A Dingo Stole My What?

                                                    

It was Feb 6, 1991.  I was well into my around the world backpacking trip.  I had just come from a long stop in Byron Bay, one of the highlights of my whole trip (they are all highlights). Having seen most of Australia by this point, it was time to check out the world’s largest sand island, Fraser Island.

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I arrived in Hervey Bay at 6pm and immediately made new friends about to embark on an adventure to Fraser Island the next day.

Our international group was made up of Alison (UK), Debbie (Can), Mark and Wayne (UK) and 2 Swedish girls named Maria and Urika.  We just called them Ingrid and Helga or “The Hurdy Gurdy Girls”. (as in The Swedish Chef and not Donovan).
 We provisioned with steak, veggies, spaghetti and 5 crates of beer for two nights.  Just the essentials really.
We picked up our Toyota 4x4  outfitted with all the camping gear and food we would need for a couple of days along with tide charts.