Fraser Island - on foot

You wont see much on foot in 6 days. I did see a guy on a bicycle in October, but that looked tough.

Cheers

JAckablue

It's a big island and bloody hot in January ... not dangerous, just uncomfortable ... on foot. I'm afraid you would only get to see most of it in 5-6 days in a vehicle.

On foot you'd be virtually limited to the beach and lakes like Wabby.
Most tour groups are arranged around your age group so that's the way I'd suggest.Fidei defensor

Rosco

There is a network of hiking trails throughout the middle of Fraser's lake systems. You won't see the entire island in the time you have but you will get to see a lot of what makes Fraser unique. Being middle of Summer I would suggest altering your itinery to start at or before first light with a layup during the middle of the day to avoid the worst of the heat.. Of course copious amounts of water will be needed for rehydration, however if you are experienced and fit you will be fine! There are plenty of options in the suggested Itinery and the use of the island taxi service to ferry you part of the way is recommended. I also would recommend catching the River Heads barge which drops you at Wangoolba Creek and from there you can either taxi or hike into Central Station which will give you access to the network of trails. I've led a few expeditions over there and even 3 days is good!! Actually just to get away is good!!!

Cheers

The southern lakes walk is the one that Russel is refering too above. It's a great walk, done it many times.

If your deadset keen on Walking Fraser Can I suggest that you wait until NP have finished the Great Walk that they are currently building on Fraser, I tihnk that is meant to be finished by the middle of next year, there's bound to be info on it on the EPA website.

The trouble with all of the walks is that none of them start near a barge point.

I could suggest an itinerary however

Fastcat to Kingfisher BAy, walk to Lake McKenzie ~8kms (only hiking campers are allowed at Lake McKenzie now, so you'll have the place almost to yourself),
next day on to Central Station, there is now a first class camping area at Central, and a dedicated hikers site too.
If you're fit, the next day could be all the way to Lake Boomanjin, be sure to stop at Birrabeen, or you could use the small hiker's site at Benaroon and then on to Boomanjin.
Then onto Dilli Village.
You could organise a tour bus to pick you up and take you off the island through Inskip, or you could walk the 10kms North to Eurong and arrange a flight back to Hervey Bay.

And on the driving thing, sheesh, your average backpacker doesn't even hold a manual licence and they manage to get around Fraser Island just fine. You'll see more in a truck, but you'll see it better on foot,
your call

Hello dstormont:

Driving Fraser is not as scary as it may sound. If you are sensible, keep low tyre pressures, and be careful driving the beach you should not run into any trouble. There is (was?) a book on this site that covered sand driving techniques, which are generally commonsense. If you hire a 4WD the hirers will also probably give yo some good advice as well.
You will see a great deal more if you can drive - and it is all worth seeing.
But no matter- just being there is part of the fun and enjoyment.
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Dstormont,

2 mates and I did the inland lakes hike in April. Me for my first time and my mates the second (in reverse direction) and loved it. Been over plenty of times fishing and camping but never hiking. You'll see so much more than people in 4x4, as a lot of the lakes can only be reached by walking tracks and we spent 2 nights camping on the shore of lakes with not a sole around. The hike was 67km and we did it very easily in 5 days. We caught a day tour bus from Rainbow Beach and jumped off at dilli village and then jumped back on it at Eurong 7 days later. The bus only cost $35 bucks or so I think, and they do that sort of thing all the time. You'll meet plenty of young fellow hikers along the way. But as someone else said start off early in the morning before it warms up to much - but when you take a dip in the crystal clear lakes at the end of a each hike leg you'll feel like you haven't walked at all!!!

Cheers,
Hughesy

Hi there,
I must frazer is a spectacular place. Amazing, but in the short time your there, you will honeslty find it hard to explore on foot hiking. Have you thought about hireing a small 4wd like a suzuki. Pretty cheap to hire, and perfect for two people, and if you have never driven a 4wd before, well almost impossible to bog as they are so light. That way you can go where ever you want, and experience the island at your own pace. I believ that you would be able to explore the island on foot, by hitchhiking lifts of people heading in certain directions, as most of the people are easy going and willing to lend a hand where ever possible, the advantage of 4wd's, always willing to help a fellow 4wd in need. I know the last time I took my 4wd over, we ended talking to the 3 other 4wd on the barg on the way over, and all camping together in an excluded spot - Our little secret. Either way enjoy it, It's an amazing spot....

Our first fourby was a hired Range Rover from Aussie Adventure 4WD Hire-: 07 5486 3599 in Rainbow Beach. Check this page outfor more info. The guy that we hired from was very helpful and although we had NO idea at the time what we were doing, we were able to visit Fraser Island with no problems at all. Just be sure to take in what he teaches! (I think his name is Paul)
His rates are very reasonable as well and this way you will be able to see a lot of Fraser in your 5-6 days. It is a very beautiful island!
Just my opinion
Cheers
Brian