blog gallery guestbook travel links about time viewing: most recent [archive] « » RTW05 #3 australia's eastcoast - fraser island 2005-12-01 [related blog entry]  [en] [de]  blueish crabs on the beach in hervey bay - they would dig themselves in within seconds blueish crabs on the beach in hervey bay - they would dig themselves in within seconds panorama: fleeing crabs it turns out, SPAR is not at all a purely austrian corporation the slogan of a serious real estate company the beach, hervey bay the beach, hervey bay the ferry, arriving at fraser island first impression of fraser island bad photo of an impressive plant: king ferns (angiopteris evecta) predate the dinosaurs! staghorn ferns (platycerium sp.) everywhere the 70 mile drive, sandy freeway the 70 mile drive, sandy freeway all-wheel jeeps parking near eli creek golden orb weaver (nephila sp.), with prey st andrew's cross spider (argiope keyserlingi) our tour group, including the offroad-bus the maheno shipwreck the maheno shipwreck rust the maheno shipwreck the maheno shipwreck tire tracks the pinnacles, colourful sandstone formations sandstone closeup the pinnacles, colourful sandstone formations the restaurant where we had lunch 70-mile drive horsetail she-oak (casuarina equisetifolia var.incana) horsetail she-oak (casuarina equisetifolia var.incana) one of fraser island's sand dunes obligatory being-parched-photo sand dune sand dune - note the two tourists on the right conquering the sand dune... mars-like landscape another young horsetail she-oak (casuarina equisetifolia var.incana) near 'the spring' a cane, near 'the spring' a cane sand dune eroding sandstone eroding sandstone sand dune panorama: sand dune, near 'the spring' blossoming broom (genista sp.?) blossoming broom (genista sp.?) apparently, airplanes are landing here too? tea tree (melaleuca sp.) lake birrabeen - a freshwater lake with a white beach spoon-leaved sundew (drosera spatulata) spoon-leaved sundew (drosera spatulata) footprint spoon-leaved sundew (drosera spatulata) spoon-leaved sundew (drosera spatulata) canes on a white beach me, at lake birrabeen anja & detrik (germany), bea & markus (switzerland) [go back]