75. Fraser Island 2

FRASER FISH FINDER As usual Matt appears on the scene & bingo, there’s a fish. Matt no sooner came over to me to see what I was up to & hook up. Matt landed this feisty dart off Orchid Beach. Previously , I had surveyed the beach from the top of the cliff to establish rips, gutters etc & could see that the water was crystal clear & the sand very white; this made it particularly easy to spot the rays & sharks that patrol this coastline. The boys were keen to swim so I was able to monitor the arrival of the sharks & rays with my trustee polaroids. When a shark would appear you could spot it easily from 150 metres away; I would whistle the boys & they understood that they had to get out immediately until the shark had moved on.

OLD GROWTH FOREST We left the beach to locate our forest camp & were treated to great tracks surrounded by spectacular timber forest.