Camping @ Dundaburra on Fraser Is.
Submitted: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 20:18
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Hello,
We are heading to Fraser Island around October this year and I am interested to find out some more info about the
camp grounds at Dundaburra. We will be in a small group of three families. I would like to know if the
camp sites are open enough to allow us to put up our three tarps close together (eg:
camp fire and kitchen in the middle), or are the
camp sites the same as the ones at
Central Station (Where you are allocated a car
parking area and tent/
camping area designated by copper logs). If anyone has photos of the this
camp site, we would much appreicate if they could post them on this site. Also, how far from
the beach is the
camp site and how sheltered is it?
Regards
Reply By: Lazybugger - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 07:53
Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 07:53
As mentioned you need to book online in advance for Dundaburra. We went in September school holidays and found the place pretty much booked out. The rangers actually told us which spot to take as they also had backpacker groups coming in that nite (and just about every nite) and wanted them to have the spaces on the edges where they wouldn't annoy other campers.
There is a chance you'll be struggling to get 3 spaces together during tailor season. Perhaps a few phonecalls a week or so beforehand might get the
ranger to look after you though. You will have to ring multiple times though, it's not easy to catch the rangers in the office.
Cheers
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Reply By: rbt - Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 10:07
Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 10:07
I second that - Dundaburra is in the middle of backpackers run and gets busy with them living from
shop-to-
shop, i was only up a few weeks also.
I did two*week-long trips with 6 traversers to the top doing all of the difficult sections only getting lightly caught once in my L300 4x4 van ...
Most of the campspots on fraser are bacpacker &
dingo-prone, can you make it to the fenced site at
Waddy Point?... Even the unfenced one there is good and Marloo is perfect for your group if you are prepared to deter the dingoes
Other
dingo strategy include
keep a light surronding the site at night.....
dont leave stuff lying around..
dont be friendly to them..
If you make the tides right and everything else is right and you go right there you can get from
rainbow to sandy in under three hours - otherwise, plan a one-night at inskip or Govi or Wongai,,,is nice too.
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