Day 13 - Frasier Island

is it true, the ski season has already started!?!

Day 13 - Frasier Island

Today is the big day. Wake up at 7am for free pancake breakfast. two small pancakes w/ jam not nearly enough but it's free so no worries. we have our last briefing. basically more about the cars how to load them and for the drivers how to drive them. 11 people per car. And it looks like our car only has 4 drivers. Honestly i'm getting pretty nervous for several reason. I've never drivin a car on the left side of the road. That part though isn't so tricking it's just that the shifter is on the left side now plus blinker and windshield wipers are swapped. I've never driven in the sand either. That on top of being responsible for 10 other passengers makes the whole task pretty intimidating. But i'm committed to 4x4 on frasier island! Adam is the first driver. Pretty much as soon as we get on the beach to head to the barge to take us to the island. The first truck get's stuck in the sand. since we are right behind them we get stuck too. let the digging and pushing begin. this is both funny and exciting. w/ the operators help we get the trucks on stuck and onto the barge. coming of the barge it's my turn to drive. here we go. I'm supposed to drive this huge truck for the first time of this gigantic boat onto a deep soft sandy beach. fuck. it takes me a while to get going getting familiar w/ all the placement of the components. i'm supposed to be the first one off and the guy directing me off is obviously getting frustrated. no pressure. i get going and successfully make it to the inland track w/ out getting stuck plowing through w/ high revs fish tailing the entire way. holy shit this is crazy. cruz the inland track listening to Adams ipod. great mix of music. green day, killers, artic monkeys, snoop, jay-z. music helps me relax a bit. ok back on the beach and i get stuck while the guys behind cruz by. bummer. we get out fairly easy. but that incident gets in my head and i'm tense the rest of my time driving. if it was just me no big deal but to put out 10 other people every time i get stuck kinda blows. plus you got the back seat drivers saying to fast or slow down or moaning at every little sway. i mean really guys if you think you could do better give it a go. my pleasure. we make it to our first destination lake mackenzie on one of the sandiest, windiest, bumpiest roads i've ever been on. traveling at near dangerous speeds just to keep up momentum so I don't stall. we get there nevertheless and the place is amazing! hug crystal clear lake w/ a beutiful white sand beach. the water was amazing not cold at all and completely fresh. one the guys jokes about how whenever your swimming at outside of a pool like the ocean or a lake you never really know what animals might be in there. here though you have none of that. really a magical place and we frolic the day away. all 4 trucks (44 people) camp at the same site. and a huge all night dance party commences. shit was crazy. instead of beer i go way of the goon (boxed wine) option. this my friends may have been a mistake..... i don't remember much but somehow manage to make it to my tent. i play footsies w/ the italian girl (one of the most amazing bodies i've ever seen) in my tent after talking to her earlier in the night. but go through periods that i'm convinced that it was the wrong girl, maybe the german girl?