Sand Pegs For Fraser Island

G'day Cram

I use old star pickets cut down and staked at one end with a hook welded to the other end. Probably a bit of overkill but have never had one pull out of the sand (until I wanted it out). Have fun at Fraser.

Cheers Heffers

If you are behind the dunes or in one of the camp grounds it is not normally a big issue. Normal pegs about 250mm long work for us. But if you camp in an exposed area, serious pegs are required.

We sometimes put the awning on the roof of the 4B out when on the beach. We use plastic sand pegs about 400mm long when we do that.

Norm C

Probably the cheapest (Was for me anyway. I picked them up off a road job that was throwing them away!!!!)
I use 1 metre lengths of 32mm conduit, they are light and incredibly strong. Just use the back of an axe or lump hammer to get them in the sand. Have had a tarp up on Fraser island on the beach in a howling wind and all was good........ Only problem was the rope I was using was not up to scratch...... Yes another gift from a building site.... That blue and yellow rope. I have thrown away 40kms of it in the last 8 weeks. And about to throw away another 12kms of it away in the next 2 days.
Go the conduits not Star pickets. Star pickets will cause serious injury if fallen on. We had a guy fall on one that did not have protection and was impaled in the rear and scrotum....... OUCH!!!!!! I do carry 10 star pickets but only to be used for recovery purposes only
1 metre lengths of conduit still protude out of the ground by about 500 or 600 but will bend if walked into at night.
They are hollow and very easy to pull out of the ground also...... I always carry enough conduit tarp and pegs in the ute at all times.
You will probably find a 4mtr conduit will be cheaper than 4 sand pegs.
Have a great trip

In sand I use star pickets ( steel variety ), I had the plastic ones but they are not up to it.
You can get the concreters ones that are 200 or 300 mm long, and they work a treat
Any good hardware store will have them.

Cheers

Bucky

Cram longer pegs will go further into sand than short pegs. Therefore, long pegs will give you a better grip on terr firma or is it sanda firms? It's not rocket science Cram! Enjoy your stay and don't get bogged!

i use threaded gal rod 10mm by 800 in length all up one end bent over have 10 of these and used them 3 times on fraser on beach front with no probs. my tent is a southern cross 12x10 with 19x12 awning the threaded rod seems to hold the sand and they are easy to pull and pack away.

Cram I'm not happy about the advice given to use star pickets, piping and for that matter conduit. They are all downright dangerous and one poster actually recounted the misfortunes that befell one poor fellow who had an encounter with star pickets. If I or any of my family was injured by a star picket used not for its intended purpose and placed in a way which endangered the public, I would have them in court before you could say Eliza Fraser.
Cram, here is the way to do it:
Go to a Camping store. Buy the longest, thickest sand pegs you can find. If you can't find the longest and thickest go to another camping store. When you have found the longest, thickest pegs available, drive each one almost into the sand and hook the tent tab/spring onto the peg. Drive it further into the sand so that it is below the sand level (think of the kids in bare feet etc). Note: Be sure that the peg is driven into the sand at an angle of approximately 45degrees and facing away from the tent/rope. In cases of very high winds, park your vehicle on the windward side of your tent and secure storm guys from your tent to your bull bar or towbar. In case of very very high winds retreat to shelter at Rainbow beach or Urangan. In case of very very very high winds retreat south to Brisbane and a comfortable hotel. Cheers and don't get bogged, though somehow I think you will! :)

I reckon if you're just camping with a normal tent in not-too-exposed situation all you'll need is a few 200-300mm sand pegs. If you have a tarp or big awning you'll probably need a few more. I've never needed anything bigger than that, but I have seen some huge tarps up which would obviously need more.

Have travelled to Fraser yearly for last 20 years and have never had a problem with whichever type of tent or trailer we have used. We carry two sizes of sand pegs, the shorter ones and the longer ones. Always put the longer ones out on the awing or the side that will take most of the wind. If forcaste is for really windy weather will double rope the corner poles if they are taking the brunt of the wind. With our camper trailer we still only use steel pegs to peg out the base of the camper but with the dome tent we used steel pegs for the corners and small sand pegs for the fly. As you are camping off the beach you will not have any problems because you are away from the beach which at times can be quite windy given some of the conditions. We also use 4 long pegs for our shower surround as the surround supports 20 litres of water above our heads and we have never had a problem with using the longer pegs for this although we still use steel pegs around the baqse of the shower.
Have just got back from the Island. Keep a good lookout for whales we saw them everyday last week. One of the reasons I prefer to camp on the open beach.
Barges from Inskip Point have just gone up $135 for car and trailer and depending on when you are going you may not be able to drive around Hook Point.
Cheers
Robyn

Hi Cram,

We spend a lot of time with our camper on sand at Fraser, Moreton, Straddie and around Double Island Point. We use normal sand pegs you get at the camping store which are around the 300mm mark in length and on most occasions these are great. We do carry some 400mm ones which I would use if the weather gets a bit extreme.

Between these and some good guyropes with springs, we don't have to many dramas.

Enjoy Fraser.

We have camped at Cathedral Beach once a year for about the last 8 years. The sand there is pretty hard and it is well protected by trees so most of any wind goes over the top. We put up a large tarp for a group and use large standard pegs (probably about 400-500mm long) and have never had any problems. We use smaller ones than that for the tent or the camper we took up a couple of times. We also have some large pegs that are not a star picket but are angle iron with the hook welded on the top. One of the posts above is right though about the damage this can do to your toes. When we used to use these camping down at Fingal I quite often took chunks out of my feet. A normal peg can be bashed right in and is rounded over the top anyway. You might need something different if camping in the dunes down on the beach but Cathedral is fine with a big peg.

Tim.

I reckon the best ones to use are the yellow sand pegs from BCF. I think they are made out of polyethylene, They are very strong and dont bend up at the point like the black ones if you hit a root. they come in 2 sizes, but not sure what the sizes are.

We use 300-400mm Sand pegs with car tube cut into 20-30mm strips instead of springs very strong and very cheap.

Regards Mark

Don't throw that rope away, that is the best stuff around. Just send it to me or I will pik it up if you are in Melbourne.

G'day Cram,
We have the orange plastic sand pegs that are around 450-500mm long. Have used these for a while now and have only broken one (I hammered it in too far at a caravan park and couldn't get it out, so gave it a shove from side to side). I went for orange for safety reasons, as they can be seen a bit easier. Some plastic sand pegs usually the yellow ones seem to be made of a more brittle plastic than the black or orange pegs. We do have some of the yellow pegs(200mm), because at the time these were the only small plastic sand pegs I could find (we use these for the shower cubicle)
Now we have 2 complete sets of pegs, one set of plastic and one set of steel. We usually know where we are going and only take the set we need.
Have fun shopping......

Cheers Greg

There is a peg that was designed just recently by an aussie & is a screw in peg which u twist into the sand till the eye is just protruding above the groung, then tie your rope to it. apparently you can not pull it out by hand u have to wind it back out. I believe it is blue in colour & will be avaliable in camping stores soon. If u know what a post hole orga on the back of a tractor is then imagine a small one of those.

Ragards Ray S.

A square piece of plywood ( marine if you wish ) approx 20cm square buried 30-40cm deep in the sand . The ply has a rope loop coming out of it long enough to reach above the sand with enough slack to attach your guy rope to. If it pulls out , bury it deeper with a longer loop !!
Just drill a hole in the center of the ply large enough to pass two ends of rope through and knot so as to stop them pulling out , and judge how much loop you require. A simple half hitch would be sufficient for the knot on each piece of rope, usually it can be undone relatively simply to adjust if you really have to.
Just my thoughts . Regards G.T.