So here is where my random adventure took me. It started off with a 13 hour train ride from Newcastle to Brisbane. I absolutley loved the train ride. It was actually my first one as I never took the train in the states any where! Most of my journey I saw gorgeous country out the window! I slept most of the time, and other then that I watched the scenery and ate train food which wasnt very good. Once I got to Brisbane at 10:00 at night, my friends picked me up and we drove to a lookout
over Brisbane where we stayed that night. It was absolutley breathtaking! We ended up hanging around Brisbane for for a few hours the next day and went to the botanical gardens where there was this amazing mirror sculpture. We took lots of pictures in it!
After Brisbane we headed north to Noosa beach where we watched the sunset. It was alot of fun! Then we drove to Hervey bay where we stayed the night.
The next day we went to Fraser Island! IT was great. We went on a day tour of the Island where we got to explore the island on a huge 4 wheel drive bus! They took us to the 75 mile beach, which is actually considered to be a state high way because so many cars drive on it... Thats right they drive on the beach! Crazy. A plane even took off on the beach in front of us.
We also saw the shipwreck that happened on the beach in the 30's. Its really cool to see. The boat has become taken over by the elements and makes a really cool addition to the island!
We went swimming in a freshwater creek, and an acidic lake that is supposed to be great for your skin!
We ended that night by traveling to Maryborough where I would catch a train at 6:00 in the morning. I didnt stay longer because the farther North my friends went, the harder it would be to get home! I had to take a train and each day I would have spent with my friends would have been 4-6 more hours of train travel. In the end I took a train from Maryborough to Brisbane which took 4 hours. I hung around Brisbane for about 5 hours which was great! Alot of fun! Then caught another 13 hour train home! So that was enough train travel for awhile!
It was a nice break to my sadly boring spring break here.
More to come soon!
2 comments:
I'm taking the train this weekend...but only for an hour and half haha!
Great pics!!
Your spring break doesn't sound boring...it sounds like fun.
I like the train too. The last one I took was through the French countryside.
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