Someone should blow mosquitoes up!

From Tegan and Ben's we headed past Brisbane and on to Rainbow Beach. We stopped and admired the pristine coast line, then we saw the endless stream of 4x4s that were cruising up and down the beach. We drove up to Inskip point to camp. Great spot with heaps of camping options. Just heaps of people - everywhere! The 2 barges to Fraser island were running non stop all day, so there must have been heaps of people over there too. We managed to find a patch hidden in the she oaks without too many close neighbors. We spent a couple of nights here fishing the beach on the Fraser Island side and managed to catch 12 dart on yellow crazy charlie flies. We attracted a bit of attention throwing a fly around on the beach but no one else was catching anything! It was a great beach with dolphins swimming only 20m from shore. We tried to fish the flats on the Tin Can bay side of the point but we didn't catch anything. We are regretting not converting Lulu into a four wheel drive now! Would have been fun driving on the beach and heading over to Fraser for a look. Every fishing guide we check out or local we talk to suggests going to Fraser - Grr!

From Inskip we headed to Kauri Creek for a look but we found out once we got there that a boat was a necessity so we thought we would knock a few k's on the head and went to Wongi state forest (on the way to Hervey Bay). Not much to report there. We put a yabbie trap in and caught some huge water bugs that ended up eating all of our bait, we had a cold shower and was eaten alive by mozzies. Did I mention being eaten alive my mozzies??! It must be a recurring theme cause that is what is happening to us now as we type this blog. We're at Burrum Heads just north of Hervey Bay. We called into Hervey Bay this morning but the only options for fishing was on the pier with half of the residents of the area. Not much for fly fishing so we headed up here to check out the flats. The tides were a bit wrong by the time we got here so we are staying the night so we can fish the falling tide tomorrow morning. Think we'll start heading inland towards Canarvon Gorge over the next couple of days but we just checked the school holidays and they start at the end of the week so it could be a bit crowded everywhere until after easter. Hopefully it's quieter in there than on the coast!

We're both well, struggling to readjust to life in Lulu after being in NZ with a bigger van with a kitchen and the luxury of being able to sit up inside without being attacked by critters! Been talking about the future more than ever and even started to ponder what sort of jobs and where we might like to end up. Hopefully we will have an epiphany soon or maybe Lulu will magically turn into a 4x4 with a boat! Love to you all from us xxx