FRASER ISLAND

You lucky man

Make sure you check the conditions report report here

We like to camp at waddy point on the beach

Watch out for lunatic backpacker drivers. There in 2007, nearly ran a couple of them over when they ran out from behind a bus and I was reversing out. Then a troopy full of hot European chicks nearly wiped us out on the Central station track. They were on the wrong side!!! That night, back at Cathederal Beach, they rocked up. They recognised our cars and came over with beer to apologise. Must say, the wives weren't that impressed, but the dad's and son's were.

Enjoy it man. I went back after 15 years and it had changed sooo much.

Louie

G'day Rob, hope you're not dissapointed. We stopped going in 2000 due to
overcrowding at peak times & mountains of rubbish, kamikaze backbackers in
Troopys etc. I believe you cant camp near the multitude of creeks on the beach side anymore & that the beach took a pounding recently making the
trip to the top difficult if not impossible. Hopfully things have improved as it is
a magic place, maybe suffering from overuse....oldbaz.

Hi Rob,

Half your luck.

Where are you going from, either River Heads or Inskip Point? If going from Inskip give the green and yellow Manta Ray barge a run as he is an independent operator.

Sometimes the sand can be a bit chopped up between Inskip Point and the barge but if you have your tyres down, the right gear selected and keep your revs up all will be good.

if you are coming up the beach from Tewantin then the Leisha Track was impassable a couple of weeks ago so the next choice is the Freshwater Road and then into Rainbow Beach and on to Fraser.

Since you are going in a couple of weeks you should just miss the current block of school holidays.

Too many top camping spots to list depending on your taste but have a look at www.epa.qld.gov.au under camping bookings and you will find a lot of information. Private run campground is at Cathedral Beach and I think you will find it on the web under Frasers Cathedral Beach or something similar.

Enjoy your trip.

Cheers

Brian

Hi Rob

Waddy point is hard to beat protected from the wind and the back packers don't go past Indian head. Either the top camping ground nice and leafy with hot showers for a dollar or the beach front camping ground, limited spots.
Orchard beach shop has fuel and limited supplies.
You can do all your day trips from Waddy.
Its about 2 hours from Hook point strait up the beach to Waddy, tide and conditions depending and stop at Eurong for a pie and coffee (nice bread/ cake shop) and any extra supplies.

Rob.

Rob,was there in april. That was first time back in 20yrs. Found half of the beach washed away after the storms of jan 09.the recomended travel times of 2 hours each side of low tide was just about right as even at these times we encountered waves washing up to the base of the dunes. I would recommend not staying in one campsite as it would be impossible to see all of the island from one camp for the above reason. I would say absolute minimum a week but a month would be good if you want to see everything. Because of the beach being washed away you have to cross a few rocks on the way up along the beach . The most difficult of these is Chard rock just after Happy Valley. These are not for the Faint hearted!You cannot see one side from the other. You do not know who or what is coming from the other side and there is no passing area in the middle. My advice would be to park at one side and get out and walk to a point where you can see the other side and sus out what is happening! These Rocks become very congested as it the only way north or south. In my experence over 90% of the Vehicles and drivers should not be there. Inexperinced Packpacker Drivers and Soft roaders with Road tyres and no idea of how to drive to the conditions where a daily occurance.And don't get me started on the dogooder nazi rangers who think they own the place. But having said all that the scenery is great and we managed to have a good if limited time. But it is expensive! NickDG

hi all
Does any one have recent information on track rocks conditions etc, i have been reading the epa site.We are heading to dundabara with 3 vehicles 2 of which are towing camper trailers, Any pitfalls to avoid apart from the obvious ie tyre pressures tide times etc.

rd