What is Fraser like in early Jan?

[Milton477]

We are thinking of going to Fraser for a week on the 2nd Jan & we are wondering:
How busy?
March flies?
How hot/humid?

This would be our second visit, the first being in October 2008 when we beach camped near Eurong . This trip was as near to perfect as it could get & we are keen not to spoil the memories.

I have done the search thing but not come up with specific answers.

[Captain_Rightfoot]

I've never been in Jan but I've been several times in Dec. It will be a bit hotter then, but I don't think the marsh flies come in until March/April.

That's school holiday time so there will likely be lots of peeps around.

[weeds]

i have been three time...never in jan, i don't reckon you can go wrong with any month at fraser..



How busy? it will be busy
March flies? that would be january flies, i was over there a month ago and didn't see one
How hot/humid? depends on the breeze, one good thing is there is plenty of water to keep you cool

[dobbo]

I've never been in Jan but I've been several times in Dec. It will be a bit hotter then, but I don't think the marsh flies come in until March/April.

That's school holiday time so there will likely be lots of peeps around.


I've been home a fortnight and as I type this I am still covered in marsh fly bites

[Slunnie]

We are thinking of going to Fraser for a week on the 2nd Jan & we are wondering:
How busy?
March flies?
How hot/humid?

This would be our second visit, the first being in October 2008 when we beach camped near Eurong . This trip was as near to perfect as it could get & we are keen not to spoil the memories.

I have done the search thing but not come up with specific answers.
Definately March flies
Hot
Humid.

The masses seem to roll in on Boxing day and roll out again just before work starts again after new years.

It'll be a great time to be there.

[Captain_Rightfoot]

I've been home a fortnight and as I type this I am still covered in marsh fly bites

I went in March in 2007 and literally got chased off the bloody island by them. You could do nothing other than constantly swat them between sunrise and 10 am, and then from about 4pm until dark. A local told me in his 10+ years on the island he'd never seen them so thick :(

[Milton477]

Thanks for the replies folks. Based on experiences in northern NSW I had rather hoped that the masses would leave just after new year & would have swatted all the marsh flies for us already.

[trobbo]

I was there January 2008. We didn't have any problems with March flies or tourists... but then we did arrive 2 - 3 days after the island have been evacuated due to bad weather.
We were due to stay 5 days and had great weather for 3. On the third night we had every type of rain imaginable. Rain the came straight down, sideways rain and even rain that came up from the ground.
With 1/2 of the group waking up with 15 cm of water in their tents, we packed up and travelled back to the mainland that morning to wash our clothes and dry our gear out.