We've Now Been To Fraser Island

 We arrived back home from our three nights at Fraser Island around 3pm Friday afternoon.  I guess if you were working then these three days would have been the perfect time to sit back and just 'chill out'.  It was a great place to just prop and hang.  We are retired now and spend heaps of time propping and hanging so it wasn't really our scene.

The beer wasn't too expensive, the meals were ample though a trifle on the dear side and the Kingfisher Bay Resort was fine.  It was around the same cost per night for our stay at the Golden Sands Hotel in Penang last year.  Given our 'rathers' the Golden Sands would have won by a street. WiFi was virtually non existent at Fraser and the free stuff available around Reception was as slow as.

We didn't bother with the $200 per head tour to the local highlights which I would expect would totally 'make' the three days away.  We'll do it later from the Sunshine Coast with friends at around $180 per person.  But it will be all the way along the beach from Noosa to Rainbow Beach, then a short hop over to Fraser and do the full day bit then.

The photo above was taken from the barge as we travelled across from River Heads near Hervey Bay to the resort itself.

Upon arrival it was unpack, get sorted, check out the room (which was fine) and then the local 'store' for supplies.  6 stubbies of mid strength was $20 and there was a fridge in the room.  Or you could have wandered to the beach bar where it was 4 mid strength stubbies for $24. The 6 for $20 seemed a good deal when you consider where we were.

You could bring some of your own supplies if you wished, that wasn't a hassle.

We sat on our balcony and this was the view, through the trees to the resort pools and what turned out to be the breakfast venue.  Breakfast was included in our deal which was great.  Yes, we made a hog of ourselves at breaky so that a small packet of chips along with a frosty drink for lunch was all we needed.

Our major past time was walking around the resort, out along the jetty where they were fishing, then a walk back to the room.  We did around a couple of k's twice a day and filled in the time OK.  I didn't bother with the pool.  Then there was sitting quietly on our balcony as well.

We had our evening meal at a place called the Sand Bar.  It was like a glorified pub with above average counter meals.  A burger set you back $19, a parma around $24 and a pizza $25.  Trish had some salmon at $28.  You weren't hungry when you finished.  A Fifty Lashes Schooner set me back $9-50.

But we are sure glad we did it but probably would have preferred something with a little more excitement.  We reckon for the money we spent a few nights at the Gold Coast would have been better value.  There is a range of eateries there and plenty of places to sticky beak around and fill in time.

But now we can say we've been to Fraser Island!