Thursday, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:09
Being a local up here, I can vouch for what the others have said. Fraser is a big place with a ton of areas where you can
camp, it just depends on your preferences and what you plan to do there (fishing, sight-seeing or just relaxing). You have
miles of beach, rainforests, heaps of fresh water lakes and then there is the western side of the island, the side that faces Hervey bay, its also very nice and where I perfer to go, but thats me. A couple of things you will need to remember.
1. Chances are you will catch the barge at
Inskip Point. As you may or may not know the fees I believe have now gone up, I think there around the $70 mark (vehicle only) will pay to
check.
2. Don't forget to obtain all your permits (vehicle and camping). you can get these at
Rainbow beach Nation Parks office on your right hand side as you arrive at
rainbow Beach.
3. Fraser Island beaches and tracks are recognised as registered roads and are patroled by the police (obey your road rules).
4. Due to the
dingo problems on Fraser (national news headlines) the park ranges are very strict on feeding dingos and food and waste procedures, ask about this when getting your permits. These rangers apprently like the power they have and have no hessitation with giving you a couple hundred dollar fine if you don't comply.
5. You can buy just about anything on the island, but because of its slight isolation its expensive. It'll pay to buy as much as possible at either Gympie or at
Rainbow especially fuel.
I don't mean to dampen your ideas here, but its best if your
well prepared and at the end of the day, this is the governments idea of management of natural resources.
Good camping.
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