Brisbane to Cairns- Advice Please
Submitted: Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 at 09:04
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Hi there, Early in the new year( yes- school holidays, bad move maybe) i'm planning a big adventure of camping,fishing and scuba diving from Port Macquarie up to
Cairns, staying as coastal as possible, and i'm looking for advice and ideas from
Brisbane onwards. My first question is, if i go to Noosa, am i able to drive from there staying on
the beach more or less to Fraser Island? ie through the Great Sandy National Park along the
Cooloola Coast to eventually get to
rainbow beach which i believe will then get me a ferry across to Fraser. I appreciate i may may not be able to drive directly on
the beach all the way from Noosa, so if not, which roads or detours should i take?
I then after 3-4 days on Fraser would like to leave from the Hervey bay side and continue north to perhaps 1770/agnes water/deepwater n.p and eurimbla area for another few days. How's the plan so far? From there onwards, i haven't planned anything or anywhere, so please, if you have some good spots that aren't a secret, i'd be extremely greatful for any suggestions, in particular camping spots close to or on
the beach. Still tossing up between a rooftop or oztent.
I have a Landcruiser Prado with brand new bf goodrich a/t tyres, with a lovell/bilstein
suspension kit raised 2 inches. Although there are many more things i need to buy, i hope thats a good start as far as modifications go. Should hold up pretty
well in the sand i hope. I could write for hours, so i'm gonna stop here and eagerly wait any replys from you seasoned experienced folk. Thanks in advance to anyone who may reply to this thread.
Cheers, Peter.
Reply By: Member - Howard T (QLD) - Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 at 11:47
Thursday, Apr 01, 2010 at 11:47
HI Peter
If you are travelling in school hols you may not get sites at Wreck
Rock or 1770 Camping Ground as they are normally fully booked in that period.
There are 2 C/Parks at
Agnes Water. One just re-opened up on
the beach (bit exe but great spot) and one a few ks back.
Also Eurimbla is a great spot but be aware its Summer and if the northerlies are blowing the midges/sandflies are pretty thick. You should get a camping spot there.
If you have kids be very aware of the tidal flow at the mouth of Eurimbula. It can very dangerous and there has been some drowning there in the past.
YOu could also
camp at
Middle Creek. (The turnoff is on the Eurimbula track) but once again if the area gets rain it can be a bit difficult getting in there and the sandflies there are bigger than the ones at Eurimbula.
If you have got time you could catch the ferry at
Gladstone and shoot across to Curtis Island. There are some nice camping spots over there.
Dont know too much about the Baffle/Rules area but have surfed and fished the Agnes area since the 70s.
Have a great trip it sounds pretty good.
Cheers
HowardT
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