Fraser Isl camp fires

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No. Campfires are prohibited on Fraser Island.

This fire prohibition was implemented to:

prevent burn injuries
prevent escaped camp fires becoming wildfires
reduce rubbish, debris and environmental scars left by camp fire sites
reduce the risk of introduced pests and diseases being brought in with fire wood
prevent impacts of firewood gathering upon local ecology.
The only exception to this prohibition is in the communal fire rings provided by Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service at Dundubara and Waddy Point campgrounds. Campers wishing to use these fire rings must supply their own clean, untreated milled timber for firewood and firelighters for ignition. It is an offence to collect living or dead plant materials in the national park.

Rob

Hi David, you are allowed fires at Dunubara and Waddy Point camp grounds where fire rings are provided. Look under Dunubara camp ground on their Camping Information page.

It's always a downer for me not being able to have a fire there but there are enough other positives to outweigh the negative in my opinion. You can always camp in one of the camp grounds and make a fire in the provided fire rings.

Thanks
Bruce

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We will be bush camping, looks like we will just sit around the gas burner to toast the marshmallows.

Fraser is a great location, we have not been for many years. I will have to get over the fire thing!

Cheers again

David

No fires on Fraser apart from a couple of selected camp areas (Dunduburra is one, I think Waddy Point is the other).

I have stopped visiting there now. The drunk Irish backpackers can have it to themselves.

Jack

you can have a fire on the beach, you just need to know the rules, but obviously a total fire ban is a total fire ban.
last year you could still have an open fire in a drum that was 300mm up above the sand to stop the sand from heating up, only thing was the fuel you used had to be a manufactured fuel, so sawdust logs, heat beads, compressed paper logs etc were acceptable, no timber allowed!!!. you then needed to remove the ash from the island when you left, it wasn't allowed to be buried in the sand.
recently the rules were changed and you can no longer have an open drum going on what is written now. if you have a fully inclosed burner like an Oz Pig type setup, then you can still have a fire of sorts whilst camped on the beach. i haven't checked what the fuel source rule is, but my guess is it would be the same as it used to be, and manufactured fuels only, not timber.