Indefinite Leave

Moving along the small Python Snake today 🐍 Once I got him out from his corner I took him to the bush and he quickly made his way under the leaves and branches. This is how it happened 😊 Snakes are very common here on Fraser Island, big, small, venomous and non venomous. We are on an island though and medical attention is limited to the local ambos so I don't take risks here. 👍

Without doubt this is the cleanest purest water I've ever seen. 😊 And it's located in an extraordinary dense and amazing Rainforest. Wanggoolba Creek is at Central Station and is a place you have to visit and read all about its history and witness the stunning environment. Fraser Island keeps showing off its beauty. 😍 Fraser Island Visit K'gari - Fraser Island #islandlife #sailfishonfraser #fraserisland #kgari #wanggoolbacreek #centralstation #rainforest

As we've discussed many times, the Dingoes diet here on Fraser Island is varied and plentiful. 🐀🦘🐢🦎🐟🦈🐋 This morning one waltzed past me at pace carrying a rodent of some sort in its mouth. 🐕 I'm not sure whether it was a huge bush rat, a bandicoot or a Melomys which I'm told we have here on the island. 🤷‍♂️ I'm thinking it's not a Bandicoot myself but a guest told me yesterday he had seen a Dingo with one. I was intrigued that it hadn't just stopped to eat it and the Dingo was moving quite quickly up the beach. 🐾 No doubt the Mumma was taking a feed back to its Den for her pups. This is why at this time of year you'll see Dingoes looking thin, because they share their food. It's just a cycle they go through, it's not because there's no food on the island or because the Brumbys were removed. 👍 I love the colours of this Dingo, it almost looks more like a Fox. The other thing Dingoes seem to do sometimes is cut across in front of our vehicle. 🚙 I didn't capture the footage but at the end that's what it did, started running in front of me lol Fraser Island Visit K'gari - Fraser Island #islandlife #dingoes #sailfishonfraser #fraserisland #kgari

The sound we don't like to hear. 🥺 We have heard of a D-Max has rolled over this evening on the beach near us, it could be related. 🚙🏖 The Ambulance station is right near us and it has the helicopter pad on the oval next to it. Whenever we hear the Chopper 🚁 it's almost always for an emergency. ⛑️ Hope everyone is ok 👍

Check out these 2 turtles 🐢 🤣 A couple of days ago we showed a video of an old turtle washing up on the beach and it was sick and died. That same day, these 2 were producing new life. 😀 One of our guests captured the footage and sent it to us today, thanks Greg 👍 Only around 1 in 1000 turtle hatchlings make it to adulthood. 😱 The female comes back to the same place each time to lay its eggs on the beach. This summer Adele and I hope to take some time to see some turtles laying and hatching here on Fraser Island Maybe we might see this one come back to lay her eggs 😁 Visit K'gari - Fraser Island #islandlife #sailfishonfraser #fraserisland #kgari #turtle #happyvalley

Another turtle washed up today, this time straight out front of us on the ocean beach. 🐢 It remained in the water so I didn't need to move it and was able to immediately contact the Rangers. 👮 They attended and took photos, measured it and estimated it to be about 80 years old. Sadly it's condition didn't appear great and it's not expected to last. You can see by its neck that it's not full, fat and rounded, that was the giveaway regarding its health. 🏖 By 3pm it had seemed to have deteriorated further and was hardly moving. The Rangers were waiting for notification if they were to euthanise it but it was left to be. I expect the Dingoes will find it soon enough. 🐕 Sure is a big turtle, I suspect a Loggerhead, so it's done well to live this long. Visit K'gari - Fraser Island Fraser Island #islandlife #fraserisland #kgari #sailfishonfraser #happyvalley #turtle

How to find Pippies, or Eugaries as they were often called, here on Fraser Island 🏖 It's really easy when you know how and they make great bait or a delicious entree 👍 Visit K'gari - Fraser Island Fraser Island #islandlife #sailfishonfraser #fraserisland #kgari #fishing #happyvalley #pippis

We just had some fire training 🔥 Check out the disappointment on my face when the rubbish bin full of water lasted a lot less longer than i wanted haha 🤣🤣

Digging to find her treasure 🐟😂 Fisherman are encouraged to bury their fish frames on the beach. 🏖 It's meant to be at least 50cm deep and within the high tide mark. Also without a Dingo 🐕 watching so when they find it it's just part of their natural hunting process. 👍 It's starting to look like Coober Pedy lol Just kidding, high tide levels the holes out again. Just another food source here for the Dingoes 🐕

This storm is building right above us. It's growing fast and plenty of rumbling. Might be an interesting next hour of so 😁

We watched some guys catch 2 of the 4 sharks they caught yesterday. 🦈 They were targeting Mackerel but Sharks kept taking their bait. 🎣 This one was a Bronze Whaler they believed, the next one we watched was a Mako Shark. All the sharks 🦈 were quickly released. Must admit, I have concerns that the balance of Sharks in the ocean is beginning to get out of hand. 🤷‍♂️

It's a horrible place here where we live 🤣 But we're willing to suffer our way through it, we manage to just get through each day, coping best we can 🚙🏖 Turn your phone for best full screen viewing of the video 👍 Fraser Island Visit K'gari - Fraser Island #islandlife #sailfishonfraser #fraserisland #kgari #sunset

Yesterday we were driving on the beach on the western side here of Fraser Island/ K'gari. 🚙🏖 It was here we discovered this big Loggerhead Turtle 🐢 who had made its way up the beach and stayed there. At first I thought it may have just been resting and we wanted to give it a chance to escape into the water quickly if a Dingo came. 🐕 So Joe and Rob carried it to the waters edge but it slowly turned itself to face back up the beach. It seemed to us it was either sick or old. We had no phone coverage there either so eventually we had to leave him be and hope he is able to survive. Good luck Tommy Turtle 🤞 Fraser Island Visit K'gari - Fraser Island #islandlife #sailfishonfraser #fraserisland #kgari #turtles #dingoes

We'll tell you more about this guy soon. What was the outcome, I'll give you the full story very soon. Keep an eye out for our upcoming posts 👍

The fishing has been good 👍 🎣 22 Tailor in 2 days. I usually get my work done by around 3pm and manage a couple of hours before dark and it's been productive the last few days. 🏖 None too big, all 35 to 43cm. 🐟 Check out the video.

Another of these majestic mammals having fun right in front of us 🐋🐋😁

The Humpback Highway continues with so many Whales still migrating north every day. 🐋 They really like to put on a show too, jumping and tail slapping, having fun as they make their way up the coastline. Its so amazing to get to watch this every day 🥰 Fraser Island Visit K'gari - Fraser Island #islandlife #sailfishonfraser #humpbackwhale #fraserisland #kgari #happyvalley

Aaargh... 🎣🐟🤬

Huge day today over at Woralie on the other side of the island to escape the wind. My brother caught this beautiful 63cm Flathead. He also got 2 Tailor and there was about 10-12 whiting caught plus a small yellow tail. 🎣 Lots of photos tomorrow. Too tired tonight lol. 😀 #fraserisland #kgari

Our new canopy lights 💡

When we left to travel in Feb 2016 we had our beautiful Golden Retriever MACKS with us. She was 14 when we left and she lasted 16 months travelling with us. This week it's been 5 years since we had to say goodbye but we still miss her and have so many great memories of travelling with her. She loved a biscuit treat and it was a sure way to get her attention lol MACKS was wet so didn't get a full pat at the end haha

Helping a mate on a job site this week. The kitchen has to go