new to exploroz ,question about fraser island

Hi Dean, the answer from me is yes you can. Choose barge time at low tide to make things easy, but from hook point to dilli there are not difficult obstacles that I can remember and you should be concerned about. Getting from inskip rd to the ferry on soft sand will be the hardest bit.

make sure when your on the island you've got plenty of fuel before getting on the barge.
sand will chew through your tank, and towing would be worse.

fuel is pretty dear on the island, soo fuel up some jerries, if you havnt got a long range tank..

prices would have to be 2.30 on the island at a guess..

nice place but..

thanks guys for your input, i'm no stranger to driving on sand just never towed on sand, i belive camper trailers do it easily because of the same foot print, but the van has a larger foot print than the triton

IMHO you will need an offroad hitch as the angles off and on the barge could be too much for a tow ball.

Some of thecreek washouts along the ocean beach can be short and steep also.
Regards Philip A

you'll be fine, lower your tyre pressures accordingly depending on how dry the sand is, and you won't have a problem. there's no need for an offroad tow hitch, i've towed a 13ft 1970's onroad model poptop caravan up Fraser Island many times without an issue. the best plan IMHO is arrive on Fraser Island about 2 hours before lowtide, you'll then be able to drive up the island on the hard compact sand. the going is usually so easy when you time it like this, i used to knock my 4wd into 2wd and easily cruise up the beach. if i ever saw a soft patch coming up, i'd shift back to 4wd on the fly and keep cruising along without an issue.
now in saying this, i've never towed into Dilli Village itself and i've never been in there at all, so can't comment on what the track is like that runs into there from the beach, i'd still doubt you'd need an offroad hitch though to do it.

If i can get this up the island easily, i'm pretty sure you can get your hawk outback to dilli Village

Hi deanstriton,

Lower tyre pressures on the 4wd and trailer will see you right for driving on the sand. A Trig, or similar, off-road hitch will be a lot better than a tow-ball type hitch.

There are quite a few creeks running across the beach as well as getting on and off the barge that would seriously test a towball and coupling, IMHO it's not worth the risk.

SB