During our adventurous Hot Luncher's trip down the eastern coast of Australia our daring quartet decided to take on a Man vs. Wild (Born Survivor) style challenge. The daring 4some were dropped onto Fraser Island just off the East coast of Australia, near Harvey bay with only the following vital supplies:
1 4x4 truck (with a full tank of petrol)
3 tents
1 barbeque
2 coolers full of food
4 boxes of goon
1 crate of beer
1 map
1 football
1 spade (which was used for digging holes for shitting…niccce)
4 girls
And 2 others cars with all of the same stuff with 8 people in each one
The challenge was to survive for 2 and half days, get as pissed as possible, sleep as little as possible and show nature who's boss. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
Day one:
We arrived on Fraser island feeling a little worse for wear, same as always then, luckily only Tom and Chris had remembered their driving licenses so it suddenly dawned on them that they were the responsible for driving a top heavy 4x4 full of a lot of shit and 8 people (one of these was a pregnant girl!) around a sandy island for 2 and a half days with what was likely to be a heroic hangover for most of it. Nice one Martin and Simon. On arrival of Fraser Island Tom was forced to drive through the intrepid jungle although never having drove a 4x4 before, which, involved numerous curse words, large bumps and all round relief once we hit the beach. On arriving at the beach the Hot Lunchers ventured north towards the famous champagne pools. It was an arduous 1 hour drive on smooth sand. The champagne pools well deserved stress relief for the designated drivers and provided some much well deserved perving on the female members of the group. Needless to say Chris’s jaw is still slightly slacked from the experience. After some swimming and general buffoonery the group got dry in the sun and ventured back to the car. It was time to make camp. The 3 cars decided to meet up further down the beach to have a quite one in. On arrival on the designated camp site the separate groups proceeded set up the tents, barbeques etc. of course the only group who forget 1 tent small tent pole was the infamous Hot Lunchers, which caused cramped sleeping conditions, we’ll get back to this later. After some average food and useless nutrition the goon emerged from the cars, of course. All three cars then proceeded to converse and enjoy the scenery while having a quite. However, for one of our hot Lunchers this wasn’t enough. For a change centre stage was given to Christopher light on this auspicious night. Chris proceeded to out drink all members of the hot lunch crew and one by one alienated himself from the group by arguing, attempting to topless wrestle and having an all-round barney with everyone in the space on an hour, which also caused strange events such as martin throwing all the filters on the beach to exact revenge, again, good one martin. Once the little chap had settled down he decided it was time for bed as he had over done it slightly. Chris proceeded to what he thought was the male members of the group tent, he was wrong. Chris entered the female tent and after many strange noises emerging from said from the tent, Chris emerged wearing just his boxers and his satchel. If you listened carefully you could hear an all round “oh god” from the other members of the group. The other members thought it would be best to let him tire himself out. After what must have been minutes Chris re-entered the tent and began to show the female members of the group what he was all about. Chris bit a girls tattoo after admiring it, poked one of their legs for a good five minutes, spouted multiple lines of shit and then fell asleep on one of the girls (who had gargantuan breasts) stomach. They needless to say, were well impressed. Once Chris was asleep our other members decided it was their turn to show off. By this time there was only Tom, Martin and Simon and 2 random girls left on the beach out of the original 24 people who had been at this party. The girls then invited Tom Martin and Simon for some harmless drinking games, which quickly escalated into skinny dipping in highly shark infested breeding grounds while being very very drunk and it being very very dark. Simon then got lovely little hand job and Martin lost his torch and blamed everyone but himself, fucking northern monkey. Id like to take this opportunity to ask anyone who sees martin on the street please stop him and give his little bald manc head a ruddy good squeeze.
Day two:
On the second day of the trip all members of the group emerged their tents tired, bleary eyed and still pissed safe in the knowledge they had made their parents proud. In the blazing Australia sun with hangover sweats, covered in sea salt and general grease the brave adventurers were forced to take down the tents and remove all waste as it may attract the local dingos. It was morning of cheery faces and spritely activity with such events as Tom swan diving full force into the back on the 4x4 holding a massive tent it both hands due to him completely missing the target of the shelf in the top of the 4x4. it was epic. Alas, I digress. Once the campsite had been cleared it was time to move on. All of the groups decided Lake McKenzie, a large fresh water lake, would be a perfect location to nurse said hangovers and build them selves up for larger fall that night. Needless to sat Lake McKenzie came through and healed all of the Hot Lunchers and additional members. Or it may have been the key ring that Chris bought for $10 which described the characteristics of anyone named Rodney on it. After several hours rest and swimming in what was a very fresh but very cold Lake it was time to set up camp as nightfall was coming. The group ventured to a designated campsite without any reservations……ooooo daring. Again camp had to be set up. Alas, for this time it was not as successful as everything contained sand from the night before, including the Hot Lunchers. Once a hearty dinner was had the goon again emerged. Although less members of the group were present this night it was just as hectic as the previous. I must mentioned the other group wanted to get up for the sunrise, which meant no booze, early night and more than likely disturbing sounds coming from the Hot Lunchers site. The Hot Lunchers were, however, not interested in sunrise but enjoyed the simple pleasures of the goon. After numerous runs on the gauntlet and strange games of “I have never” the group slowly diminished one by one until 2 random girls turned up who seemed vaguely familiar. This was one of the girls who tom had pulled in cairns and also seen at the zoo and still did not recognise her. Nice work the Woolshed!!! After more goon and the fire dying down the remaining members went to bed after a hard days graft.
Day three:
On the final day of the trip spirits were starting to dwindle, so Lake McKenzie again seemed like the obvious choice. After cleaning up all the shit from the night before and packing up the car for the last time, which was probably the biggest ball ache ever (if you’ve ever met martin and had to experience getting him out of bed in the morning you’ll know why). So on arrival of Lake McKenzie and some well earned sunbathing, sleep and swimming. The group embarked on one last challenge, swim Lake McKenzie. It seemed like a good idea, but half way across the all members of the group quite regretted their decision. After a good 20 minutes swimming the group arrived on the other side. There was no chance anyone was capable of swimming back so it was decided that walking was the best options. A specific marker was left to show we had been there. Chris wrote 'clunge' in the sand, just so anyone who stepped foot on the isolated beach would know we had been there. Once the flaming ball in the sky began to make the shadow of the trees elongate we knew it was time go, leaving not just Lake McKenzie but Fraser altogether. After arriving back at the boat to take them off the island, the group fell silent reminiscing and bathing in the glory of what had just happened and what they had achieved over the last 2 and a half days. Nice work guys.
Bear Grylls, eat your heart out. This piece of literature can be used by anyone who finds themselves stranded on a deserted island. Just follow each step slowly and carefully and make sure not to rush. If you follow our guidelines, you are sure to have a blinding time.*
* Under no circumstances should the Australian Hot Lunch Authority be held responsible for any indecent assault charges arising from the following of the above guidelines.