Fraser Island

Hi there Dave thanks for the info, any chance of leading me in the right direction as to who to hire a 4by from up there any one you recomend so he can chase it up. I did suggest that to him that he just drives his car there and leave this side of the island and hire a 4by up there. He does get a special price through hertz as they use them for his company he works for, but I also said that he will need to tell them he is taking to fraser and check out any insurance details for off road use if its allowed but that was hiring from here in Sydney and driving up etc. Regards Steve M

I personally deal with Safari and Aussie Trax, both are good companies to deal with.

fraserisland4wd.com.au/

cheers

Thanks Dave much appreciated. Regards Steve M

Stephen

Take the Kluger - it will be fine - 170 odd Kw on tap/let tyres down - don't think the trip to at least Indian will be a problem. Let your tyres down to approriate levels for the condition of the sand and drive to the tide. There have been guys hauling 7m boats to Orchid Beach (over Indian blow) for the last 2 weeks for the Toyota fishing comp - if they can do it, a Kluger will kill it. Our family have been going/living/boating at Orchid beach for 30 years and I don't think we have ever used low range except for backing the boat up the driveway.

Re Nkgala blow - if it has been dry, this can be a pretty soft run and a lower clearance soft roader will probably scrape bottom a few times. But go there any day and watch the unprepared in Landcruisers/Patrols/F250's get terribly stuck - drive/prepare for the conditions and state of the tide. I have seen Kombi's go over this blow when it is packed down.

Cheers

A

Go and enjoy and stop stressing - it just isn't thatt hard over there as long as you use common sense.

I completely agree.

Hi there EV700, so you are suggesting NOT to take one to fraser ?? Do they not have a lock to like a centre diff lock or any thing like that so you have 50/50 front to back. I know the xtrails have this but they are bloody useless in auto if the going gets tough as when the auto tranny gets hot they revert back to 2wd automatically and leave you strandard. I know its a good feature as to not burn out the clutches on the auto box but is a pain also. I have towed one off stockton beach due to the tranny getting hot, and my neighbour has also towed one off with his pajero for the exact same reason and it actually did damage to the auto tranny. If he cant take the kluger on the island then he will hire one out up there when we get there,but he was asking me about the xtrails just to save a few $$ in fuel cost but told him that if he is going to hire some thing out then get a cruiser or some thing with low range and some ground clearance. I have seen heaps of subarus, rav4's etc on stockton but then I have never travelled the harder parts of fraser so have no idea what the conditions can be like except for the responses on here. Last thing we want to be doing is snatching some one every 5 minutes due to ground clearance etc. Regards Steve M

Thanks Scott much appreciated. Was telling wife last night about Cathedral Beach. Sounds the go, was also telling wife about your tomato sauce eppisode should have seen the eyeballs come out the head when I mentioned what had eaten it Priceless ah what a laugh I had, but she still going. Thanks alot will let you know what we decide on. Again Thanks Steve M