Fraser Island

Hi
Has anyone been to Fraser Island recently? I havn't been there for a for a long time, and would like to know if you are still able to, when camping, have open fires, or are there restrictions.
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Ian P (VIC) 2893
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Reply By: chisel - Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 14:28

Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 14:28
Check the qld national parks site (derm).

You can't have open fires in general beach camping areas anymore. You can have fires in the firepits at waddy pt and dundabara. You can have a 'fire' using heatbeads in a "fully enclosed" container in the beach areas but there are regulations about what that means. Check the derm site or talk to the rangers for more details.
Some info here http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/fraser/faq.html
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Reply By: Member - Rob S (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 19:06

Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 19:06
Hi
And you have to bring your own fire wood, can't even burn the drift wood from the beach.

Rob
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Reply By: rumpig - Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 22:13

Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 22:13
YOU CAN HAVE FIRES ON THE BEACH IF YOU KNOW THE RULES

i know everyone says you can't but yes you can, you just need to follow some specific rules which are near on impossible to find on the Nat. Parks (or whatever it's called these days) website.
basically you need to have the fire in something like a drum, that drum needs to have feet on it which keeps the drum a minimum height up off of the sand (i can't remember exact height sorry to say), this stops the sand from getting heated up. you need to have a grate in the drum and you need to only use manufactured fuel for the fire, so no timber, just things like sawdust logs and heatbeads, etc.
finally you have to remove all the coals / ash that is collected in your drum off of the island with you when you leave, you can't even put them in the bins provided on the island.
follow those rules and you will be right, i know this because last time we were there, we did this and had a Ranger call into our camp one day and saw the drum we were using for a fire. all the Ranger said to us was that the feet weren't quite long enough and drum needed to be X amount off of the ground. we then asked where exactly do we find the rules on their website relating to this, and even the Ranger couldn't tell us.
good luck if you choose to look for the info., i couldn't find it last time i looked
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Follow Up By: rumpig - Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 22:15

Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 22:15
forgot to mention...
we did the fire that way when we were there, because a mate knew about the rules. he just didn't know the height off of the ground rule.
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Follow Up By: rumpig - Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 22:18

Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 22:18
whoops...just saw the link in earlier reply...missed that earlier...lol
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