That is the number of kilometers it took two Americans to perfect driving on the left side of the road and the number of kilometers from Sydney to Hervey Bay which is about 300km north of Brisbane. What has brought us here is the lure of the largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island, which was previously known by the aboriginals as Paradise. So after 15 hours of driving a highway that seemed reminiscent of stories we here about travelling Route 1 prior to I-95 we have arrived and have no idea what this place looks like but we can hear the ocean from our motel (we 'splurged' into a budget, off-season room) so that is cool.
Our plan for tomorrow may be futile in that we likely have not planned enough, but if successful would result in an overnight, oceanfront stay on Fraser Island. We will be up early to give it our American best and if we fail we are sure we can find something to do in tropical Australia.
Here are a few roadtrip highlights:
- we were dropped off at the rental car agency in a Mercedes...that is something right?
- we spied 2 wallougby's, 1 kangaroo and 0 koalas on the way up.
- this country has the most respectful, law abiding drivers anywhere in the world. We literally saw one person pass on the left (equivalent of passing on the right at home) and maybe 4 speeders. In 15 hours!
- Amanda shocked us all with the following quote at a rest stop north of Brisbane: "so we are sure we don't want McDonald's french fries?" We got french fries :)
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