Fraser Island

we (myself and friends) take our caravans over via Inskip Point, and we camp on the beach somewhere between Cathedral shops and Dundaburra, but anywhere that looks good along the way is an option IMHO, we just find up there central to all on the island.
we time our trip to hit the island about 2 hours before lowtide, so we have an easy drive up the beach on the hard sand. i tow in 2wd once i'm on the hard compact sand, so it is quite an easy thing to do (towing a van up the island that is) IMHO, i just select 4wd on the go if i see soft sections coming up ahead.
the only trick to know is to lower your tyre pressures, i run anything from 25 psi down to 16 psi depending on how the sand is, if you get stuck then lower them more to help get you out, just make sure you have a compressor to pump them up once you hit the hard sand again.
out of curiosity, when are you thinking of going there?

That's great info...Thanks very much rumpig...I think I'll be heading up some time around mid 2011....I went to Fraser when I was a young bloke with a few mates and a couple of 4WD's and it didn't really occur to me that we could get bogged (well it did but the consequences weren't important)...This time though I'm traveling with my three kids...So I'm a bit concerned about it.........Back in around 1989 it wasn't crowded at all...Just dingoes, horses, the odd 4WD and lots of fish...Perhaps I should avoid the drama and look for somewhere on the main land to show the kids a good time.... we went to Lightning Ridge tenting (from Wollongong) early this year and it was a great trip..I've bought a cheap caravan now so I can travel most days during the trip (minimal setting up with kids)..

I towed a corromal poptop from kiama to fraser no problems on the sand,usually the softest sand is from inskip point to the barge ,i would suggest camping around the middle of the main beach say near the maheno or cathedral beach resort because of fuel cost and time taken to see various attractions.
If you camp lower down say dundaburra you have very long distances to travel each day to see anything,also dont forget you can get prevented from travelling on parts of the beach at high tides preventing you returning to the bottom of the island for a few hours.
the beach is approx a similar distance as kiama to syd airport but much slower travelling.
if you get a chance go for a trip to very tip of the island it is truly spectacular.

Hi Richie, You should have no trouble. Drop all your tyre pressures before leaving the hard stuff at Inskip and keep it in 4WD at all times whilst towing. My Troopy stays in 4WD at all times on Fraser... no point in waiting for trouble!

A vehicle access permit is available online or from the barge operator.

Camping along the Eastern beach is limited to defined zones as shown on the maps and a Camping Permit must be obtained see here.

Have a great time ..... the kids will love it.

G'day Richie,

Hope the weather is better for you than it was for us in October, rained for 6 days.

Like everyone has said, lower tyre pressures and the biggest thing is make sure you go at low tide. We had to get a moring ferry from inskip at high tide and it's a lot harder, we only tow a camper trailer and that was hard enough. At low tid no worries at all

Enjoy

Thanks for all the great replies...All good stuff....Thanks again...