Tent rental for fraser island

If you don't want a fancy hiking tent, then tents are very cheap to buy here. You could pick a 2 or 3 man tent up for well under $100 - probably under $50 if you only need it to last a few days.

Vincent,

I've hiked fraser Island twice now for a week each time. It's definately a better way to experience the island than by car. Both times I had gone in our winter (june / July). The weather is warm during the day but can get cold during the nights, but it is usually dry, so most nights we slept under the stars without a tent. All you need is a good sleeping bag.

So as mentioned above, when you get here to Aus, buy a new tent for under $100 or a secondhand one from other backpackers.

Having said that, 2 days (nights) is not enough. It will only allow you to walk to lake mackenzie and back to the ferry. I'd recomend 4 to 5 nights.

Have a look at the walking times to give you some planning ideas.

also check out the rest of the fraser island site for more info


Cheers,

R.

Hi and thanks for the answer

Indeed we will consider buying a tent this looks like the best solution

Concerning the walking distance we have looked at your site and we considered the following walk :

we hire a taxi from Wangoolba to the valley of the giants's camp / or the beach just east and camp there

Next day take the great walk to Lake Wabby (16km / 6h)
then onto lake Mc Kenzie (12km / 4h) where we camp

next day walk back to ferry in Wangoolba creek through central station

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Alternative route would be to stop at the beach east of lake wabby and the next day go back to the western coast


We figured that it is better to do a one-way hike


However we may have been ambitious, though we are pretty good hikers, since we could not find a detailed topo map anywhere


We are very open to suggestions coming from your experience. Honestly we may manage to squeeze a few extra hours but our planning is already very tight we only have a month to spend in Australia yet it seems riduculously small !!!


Thanks anyway

Vincent

And most importantly, take Sand pegs, any pegs you have with a cheapo bought tent will do nothing in Fraser Island sand.

And if you live in brisbane you can have,if you can collect it, a 2 man tent I have that is no longer used but is fine for Fraser Island.

You could probably buy a small dome tent and one of those small butane stoves from KMart. I'm sure you would have no trouble selling them (or giving them away) before you leave the island.

Be aware of Dingoes...

We live in Brisbane and might be able to help you out depending on your plans and when you are coming to visit. My E mail is trevor.webb@ausenco.com so drop me a line and give me some idea on what you are doing and we might be able to assist.

Dear all

Thanks a lot for your advices !!!

You actually convinced us and we managed to get our hands on an old tent that we will drop after Fraser Island

Thanks again and we really are eager to get there !!

Vincent