It really is a stunning place. We set off on our self-drive trip on Monday morning after watching some health, safety and regulations videos (some were ridiculous, e.g. "If the waste bin is full, use the next one"). As soon as we got onto the island and started driving, the relentless bouncing of the 4wd (4x4 jeep) was a sign of things to come.
The beach was amazing, the sand was so fine. But it was really strange seeing no one in the sea at all. It's for a few valid reasons though: tiger sharks and stingers. We saw the latter whilst at the top of Indian Head on Day 2. Unfortunately no sharks or turtles were spotted, but plenty of dingoes, especially after we set up camp on Day 2.
On Day 1 we saw the beautiful Lake McKenzie first. Afterwards we made our way to the campsite. In the evening we started a fire and played the inevitable drinking games. I Never revealed a lot of (disgusting) stories lol. No noise after 9pm at the campsite so we moved down to the beach but it was freezing! The next morning the park ranger woke us all up. He was impresssed by our tidiness (who'd have thought!) but some campers nearby had complained about the noise at around midnight. I was already asleep by 10.30 because I was too cold down by the beach lol. We apologised and escaped with a "stern warning".
Day 2 we went to the Champagne Pools (after an extremely long walk!). Afterwards we had to wait at one end of the beach for a few hours to wait for the tide to go down. We found our campsite...which, this time, wasn't an actual campsite but a designated area on the beach for camping. In other words, roughing it. No toilets, showers or lights. We used the light from the car to ensure we could still entertain ourselves. There was a big storm that night and both James and I were quietly concerned about our tent blowing away (probably unaware that we were actually in it lol). In my head I'd planned how I'd try to push the pegs back in whilst battling the winds and heavy rain. Luckily when we woke up the next morning ours was the only tent to have resisted any leaking.
On Day 3, the final day, we didn't bother going to Lake Wabby and proceeded back to Lake McKenzie. We didn't make it in the end as Neasa hurt her back as we flew over a huge bump in the road. Her boyfriend was driving lol.
Once we got back to the hostel, I finally had a shower and tried to mend my foot after cutting it on a stone on Day 2. Hopefully it hasn't got infected :S
Anyway tomorrow James and I move on to Kroombit Cattle Station. Rumours suggest one of the activities is catching a goat...
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