caravans on fraser island

The Gall boys did from Kedron caravans took a Top Ender with a Prado TD and a lot of support. Get a copy of thier Fraser Coast DVD and see how "easy" it is to tow a van in soft sand.

PS. The best bit is sinking into the van into the "quick sand" on Rainbow Beach.

Kedron Fraser Coast DVD

Think that at the moment you may have problems getting around Hook Point, after the recent bad weather. That's assuming you can actually get onto the barge at Inskip.... The beach can be a bit soft there.

If you CAN get on the barge and then around Hook Point, the rest is easy, well as far as Indian head anyway. There's plenty of camping spots along the beach south of Indian that you can get a van into without too many hassles.

BTW, wouldn't recommend a standard van (too low) or one that's too long. Something around 18ft in an off roader would by fine.

Such Optimism, my van is still there!!!

thanks for the info mrbitchy and daza. we arent going untill october. which is the best and easiest point yo get onto the island?

we take an old 13ft millard poptop caravan to fraser regularly, go via inskip and then around hook point and camp somewhere inbetween cathedral shops and dundaburra on the beach. never had a problem due to the fact we time it for 2 hours before lowtide, just remember to let the van tyres down aswell. we'll be going again this year, mate will be towing his 16ft jayco expanda van up there this year aswell as sister inlaw with their new / secondhand 16ft van (which i'll see for the first time this weekend) and friends with their 13ft van similar to ours and ourselves with our trustee old van.
what advice exactly are you chasing, all i can say is remember to let your tyres down on fourbie aswell as your van, and everything should be fine. obviously avoid as much soft sand as possible, maybe go for a short walk out to the barges first at inskip just for a look at beach conditions and where your going to pull up on some firm sand rather then the soft stuff.

thanks rumpig for all that info , much appreciated. i am taking an old viscount van which is 16ft long and the main concern is approach and departure angles from the barge. dont really want to tear the back end of the van. anyway thanks again all info stored away in the head.... not going untill october, just planning ahead.
geoff