Thanks for the help

If a body can not catch fish on Fraser there is 1 of 2 things wrong,
1. was not on Fraser island.
2. was deceased.

To answer your question Carpe, in a word NO :))))

Not that I didn't try. I ussually do all my fishing at the fish co-op near where I live :)) , however I took the plunge and brought my kids ( 4 & 7 ) a rod so we could have some fun. 2 of the days we couldn't even get any pippies and the day that we did, we only got one and that lasted one cast :(((

I do asure you ThePublican, we were definately on Fraser and I was alive :))

Yea Im with Rohan on that, time to rub it in with a trip report ;)

Cause you know we are all stuck here and not out having a blast of a holiday

what was the go with the Bus drivers? Ive not been to Fraser, so have no idea..

We spent nine days and eight nights and camped about 500 metres south of Eli Creek up behind one of the sand dunes. I was driving a 2001 Mazda Brava 2.5 turbo deisel and was pulling a camper trailer from Complete Campsites on the Central Coast just nth of Sydney.

I had a 40l Engel running off a dula battery system and an Evercool Esky. Didn't need to buy one bag of ice the whole trip as I ran the Engel as a freezer.

Did all 4 of the main inland roads but didn't really venture over to the western side. Arrived Easter tuesday to rain and strong winds so was a bit blustery putting camp site together but no major problems. Had the whole camp area to ourselves.

We had heard alot about the dingo problems before we left but only saw about 5 on the whole trip. There were tracks around our campsite in the morning but none came into the annex and when we were out during the day I closed the sleeping area but left the annex just open and there was no sign of entry during the day.

I had also heard about midgie problems but we had none of those either. As far as weather went, we had some amazing luck ie on arriving at LAke McKenzie it started to pour down so all the backpackers and tourist bus people came running back to their transport and left. We hung around for a couple of minutes and the sun came back out and we nearly had the whole lake to ourselves. This sort of coincedence seem to happen the whole trip.

It was my first real offroad trip and I now can't wait to get back. The island is the most amazing place.

Had a long range fuel tank so I didn't need to refuel luckily as it was $1.47 a litre for deisel and beer was $42 a case for light and $48 a case for full strength. As I said earlier we were pretty self sufficient making our own ice etc and we had had planned our meals before we left and had our meat criovaced.

Wonderful trip, will definately be going back. Now starting to plan our trip around oz in 3 years.

Brad, it sounds like you camped in our spot! Good selection. I'm glad everything fell into place - good planning tends to be rewarded with good luck.

I don't know a single person that has returned from their first Fraser trip and who doesn't make the same comment - "The island is the most amazing place." - and who hasn't immediately begun planning their return. However, heed Cocka's words of wisdom 'cause `you ain't seen nothin yet'.Be good, or be quick.
Rohan (Sydney)

PS
I'm not taking aim at ALL tour bus operators or ALL City Cat drivers either,
just a small minority who mess it up for every else!
Cheers

thats "everybody else"
should read my type before I post............