4wd and Camper storage in Qld while visiting Great Barrier Reef Island
Submitted: Saturday, Feb 10, 2007 at 22:24
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Member - Alan (WA)
Hi everyone
We are currently travelling around Oz (in
Bicheno in Eastern Tassie at moment) and in a few months will be heading towards Queensland.
We are considering leaving the car/camper somewhere secure for a week and spending a week living it up on an island - say Hayman,
Hamilton etc.....
We have only just started to consider this so have no idea where ferries go from etc. From what I can see the most logical place would be around the
Airlie Beach location.
Question is: are there any secure locations where you can leave your rig for a week to go and visit the islands. Given we are so dependant on it for the rest of the trip, I will have to be very comfortable with where I leave it.
Any suggestions or associated information would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Alan
Reply By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Saturday, Feb 10, 2007 at 22:44
Saturday, Feb 10, 2007 at 22:44
The main service to the islands is conducted by the company Fantasea . They will leave from Shute Harbour a dozen or so times per day, so transport to the islands will be no issue. Be aware of the costs though, as some resorts may or may not include this into their prices. There are some brilliant camping beaches which you can have all to yourselves, run by National Parks, which are cheap to secure.
The largest, and only, real storage solution near Shute Harbour is Shute Harbour Secured
Parking and Storage, located about 100m down the road from your departure point :-)
Depending on your itinerary, i can help you out with the best options :-) You could always give me the keys for a week :-)
Andrew
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Follow Up By: Member - Alan (WA) - Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:29
Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 11:29
Hi Andrew
Shutes Harbour Storage seems reasonable - $15 per day per item.
Has anyone had any first hand experience with this place?
Thanks also for your kind offer to look after the rig for me for a week.....I won't find it bogged on a Qld beach below the high tide mark will I? :)
Cheers - thanks for your help.
Alan
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew (QLD) - Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 13:40
Monday, Feb 12, 2007 at 13:40
I've left my vehicle there several times with no problems. As can be seen by the photos on the website, it is a modern secure undercover
parking area with payment/access gained from the Shell servo.
I only bogged that vehicle once....
Andrew
(don't know who owns the bogged vehicle, been there for some time)
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