We are nearly at the end :( the epilogue is to come and then I'm concentrating on My Secret Life. For those who haven't checked it out please feel free to. Thank you for all the lovely reviews. This is a short chapter but I wanted to get them home. I will be posting this chapter and the next one (the last one) close together.
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Enjoy!
Chapter 38
We stay in Newcastle for another week taking day trips around the area. I let Christian know that I want to head north and check this island out. I inform him that I'm going to organize all the details for our time there.
We use the jet to fly to Hervey Bay and we are met at the airport by Cris. We travel in a shuttle bus to the hire company. I know we normally don't do this but I feel like they need the help. The place is called ACCR 4WD hire. She introduces us to her husband and they proceed to show us the vehicles that we are hiring. It is a tag-a-long tour and they will accompany us and show us around Fraser Island. All the security checks have been done by Taylor and Christian has approved.
We head over for our adventure. Christian manages to get our 4WD stuck but it was fun watching how they worked as a team to show us how to recover the vehicle. By what we have been told they do this type of holidaying a lot. We set up camp and settle down around the fire. It's a beautiful night and you can see so many stars.
They tell us all about the island and take us to places like Eli Creek, the Maheno Wreck and the Champagne Pools. On one sunny day we were taken to Lake Mackensie. A beautiful perch lake and the blue color in the water was magnificent. The twins loved splashing around in the water.
We stay for a week and then decide to look at a few more places before we go. I make sure that there was money deposited into their account to keep the business going. The family was down to earth and gave up more of their time than what was necessary to make sure we had an enjoyable and memorable holiday.
I finally got to talk to Christian about the plane crash. Apparently it was a technical difficulty and Elena and Linc were on the plane. He swears no one sabotaged the plane and I have to take him at his word.
I was in shock at that information but also relieved that we no longer have to worry about them. It's time to enjoy life as a family.
On our way back to the States we stop off at Cairns and snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef and even divert to see Ayers Rock. I would love to see more but I want to be home for the twins birthday. With that we bid farewell to Australia and head home.