First Fraser Trip

I too offered to help some stranded fellows up to their back diff in sand as no one else offered. Have no problem with helping anyone, just where these good samaritans decide to stop and have a chat about it. Pull off the driving line to a safe spot and go back on foot to ascertain the situation.....not stop with vehicles following behind possibly resulting in more bogged cars due to the fact we stopped.

I think they call it lack of situational awareness...

You're probably right Wizard there seems to be a general lack of situational awareness. I have also seen complete idiots in action as well, too much booze and not enough sense.

Probably the most annoying part is that most of these boggings are totally preventable with a bit of care.

Kind regards

... care and training !

For a lot of people training is by trial and error - mostly error unfortunately. Being the optimist that I am, I know they are learning something - and if not, I get the pleasure of practicing another recovery.

Kind regards

No sorry, I drive a Prado TD....The nick name is from my work...

Yes there were, indeed, we were quite surprised to see quite a lot of Jayco Pop Top campers there were in the beach camping areas and not all were off-roaders.

People were towing normal box trailers along the beach.

We landed at King Fisher Bay and drove east to the beach. But it would seem if you arrive at Inskip you can drive right along the beach (at low tide) which is hard packed and flat sand.

I would not suggest landing at King Fisher with a trailer as the track out of the resort has some agressive humps which may cause your trailer hitch to bottom out. Some did get through...You then have to deal with the sand track to East Beach.

Hi Wizard1, I beat you by two weeks. I too had never been there before and now wonder why the hell I had not gone there sooner.

An absolutely incredible holiday and we are planning on heading beck as soon as possible.

Hi Stephen M, I went with my local Land Rover club, GCLRO Club and the group comprised of some camping in tents and some towing camper trailers and all had an easy trip on the island.

I didn’t venture to the west side of the island while I was there as we had only planned a 3 day trip, so were pushed for time but from what I learned, while over there, Wizard1’s advice on going to Inskip is good advice.

It’s much cheaper and the crossing only takes 15 minutes.

If you have some flexibility in your arrival time, try to manage an arrival at low tide so you can use the beach all the way.

We arrived at around high tide and had to use the inland road for about 20+ kms and that road would have to be the most corrugated road I have ever been on.

As for the back packers, we were warned to watch them as many are German and they keep forgetting which side of the road ( beach ) they are supposed to be on ( and they drive like rat bags ).

A couple of tips. Try to fill up at Gympie ( $1-26 ) or Rainbow Beach ( $1-37 ) because fuel on the island is a bit rich ( $1-75 )

We were lucky to be there at the end of the quite period but when it’s busy on the island, the cops set up speed cameras ( and I believe they catch heaps ).

One more tip, get up there as soon as you can because you will also wonder why you never went sooner.

PS Don't forget to take a camera. I have never used mine as much as I did while on Fraser Island

G'daty Stephen,

We take ours and sure power is usefull but so is correct tyre pressure. The weight of your trailer is also a factor and also make sure its tyres are lowered. As you can appreciate the hard sand driving is the easy bit, getting on and off the beach and barge is where it maters. If you can negotiate some tough tracks locally (even better if sand) it will give you an indication if you are likety to have problems.

Kind regards