Fraser Island in a Tribute with camper

Should'nt be a problem let the pressure out of your tyres (camper too) and you will be fine, on and off the ferry at Rainbow beach will be the hardest and ground clearence on the tracks, or you could go via Harvey Bay. When we were there only used 4wd once, on and off the ferry we towed a trailer. Have fun it's a great place.

Baz.

No sweat .. shouldn't have a problem.

Phil....one thing is for sure...your camper will not be the first or last to go on Fraser!!......mate, go for it...........Fraser Island is a 4 x 4 drivers dream, there are few places like it in the world. we know, we live just a couple of hours away and have been there many times in our Cherokee.
The trick with driving on Fraser, with or without a trailer, is to spend a few bucks and buy a tide timetable.........as mentioned elswhere the soft sand at Inskip Pt (North of Rainbow) is the killer...watch your tides and arrange to cross at the lowest possible height...within two hours of low tide is good.
Certainly lower your tyre pressures, truck and trailer, and keep the speed up in the soft stuff..once you get onto the hard sand you can run up the beach in freeway conditions...two words of warning here...watch out for kids....especially during holidays...kids (and adults) will not hear you approaching over the surf noise, secondly, the Qld boys in blue now have a permanent station at Eurong and the radars will work overtime during the holidays (80 k/ph)
Cathederal Beach Caravan Pk is hard to beat, it is well positioned, good place to set up a base camp to see everything this magical place has to offer..Eli Creek is your car wash, beautiful clear fresh water runs across the beach and there are a number of places where you can get stuck in with a bucket and wash all of the salt away, and have fun doing it!!
There are many roads throught the islands interior, some are very narrow and you need to watch out for the dozens of tourist buses...I am not talking just Troopies either, I mean full size long distance Greyhound type 4 x 4 coaches!!!...not much room left!!
God I think I;m due for another holiday about now too!!!!

Hi Phil...ok, recently the greenies got their way and a sizable section of Fraser has been made 'out of bounds', mostly to the northern end....this has caused some friction with regulars and residents...it is common knowledge that the damage to the fragility of Fraser was being (is still being) caused, not by the smaller 4 x 4's but by the dozens of day trippers on organised tours in the busses...I have seen plenty of evidence of this myself!!...opps, I had better get off my soapbox..!!. A consequense of this is that access along the beach at the southern end has ceased, you now need to drive on a 'formed' road, for want of a better word, the problem here is that the 'road' has been largely formed by dropping road base and grading it flat...semi-deflated tyres and sharp rocks do not go hand in hand!!...a lot of care is required here.
But once you get back on the beach near Dilli the going is good...dont be too concerned about towing thru the sand, we have taken a trailer loaded with camping gear behind a standard (unmodified) Cherokee many times..remember...speed is the essensce.
The road from Rainbow to the soft sand where the ferries pick up is bitumen.
If you are taking young kids be aware but dont be scared of the Dingos on the island...they are generally a beautiful animal but they are also a wild animal...do not feed them, do not let the kids out of sight, a young boy was killed by a dingo a couple of years back.
The Maheno is an old shipwreck a bit over half way up the island, you have to stop here and take the obligatory pix but here also, keep the kids at bay...the vessel is all but gone now, just jagged, rusty steel, ready to slice young skin to shreds.
I understand that you need the comforts of home...we usually do to, there are a number of places where you can have all a that, mostly on the eastern side, Kingfisher Bay is a resort on the Western side of the island and is worthy of a day trip, passing through Central Station on the way...thats a great trip, taking in some of the many freshwater lakes along the way...I recommend the Hema Fraser Island map.
Another must see is the pub at Happy Valley...halfway up on the eastern side, a selection of pix and newspaper articles about the Maheno can be viewed while sipping on gods own, Forex beer....
Take heaps of money....not much is cheap on Fraser.

GEEP, get your facts straight.

The beach from Dilli Villge to Hook Point is NOT closed to traffic and will not be until after the high tide road is upgraded.

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Are you sure that you are camping at Dilli Village, it has been closed to campers for about 6 months, and will not be reopened to vehicle based campers in the short term, it's now run by the Sunshine Coast Uni, (maybe you know someone??)

If you are concerned about towing the camper, I'd suggest that you get the Wangoolba Creek Barge that leaves from River Heads via Hervey Bay, and camp at Central Station. This is an all new campsite and is truly first class, at least stop in there and have a look, but that is where I would be basing myself in your situation, the road from Wangoolba Creek to Central is a doddle.

Please ensure that the Tribute has rated recovery points and that you have your own shovel and gear, you will find very few Fraser regulars will offer assitance to a vehicle without rated recovery points these days

And I was on Fraser (for work and play) 14 times last year and 7 so far this year!

...and Eli Creek, you don't want to be washing your car there at the moment,
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I went here a few years ago from Hervey Bay. This means you travel across the width of the island. At the time they hadn't had rain for three months and the tracks were of very soft sand. This meant you had to keep the foot buried pretyy hard a lot of the way. On the way back it was worse and the trailer was bouncing all over the place. Eventually I snapped one of the axle shackles. Eventually did some bush repairs with some chain, D shackles and wire. Got the trailer welded and strengthened with angle iron at Hervey Bay. Spent a very pleasnat three days at Hervey Bay waiting for the trailer. It is a great place too.

Be sure your trailer is up to the task. If my axle had come off in the middle of the soft stuff I'd probably still be there. I was lucky I was back on firm ground when it went. Having to tow a bodgied up trailer at walking pace slows you down. We were lucky that day that the ferry was late or we would have been stuck on the western beach, with the sand flies for the night.

It certainly is a great place, especially in September when the Tailor are running.

Jim.

Phil..........my apologies regarding beach access from Hook Point to Dilli Village, I got my info from a brochure issued by Qld Tourism, "Hervey Bay and the Fraser Coast". Dave, having been there recently, was able to straighten that out.
Central Station is certainly a nice place to camp....my preference is for the beach and the solitude that can offer.
Have a great time.