Fraser....Oh not again!!!!

[Chucaro]

I acannot belive this, again we have an accident involving a 4WD :o:(:mad:

Nine people have been injured in a four-wheel drive rollover at Hervey Bay (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/several-hurt-as-four-wheel-drive-rolls-over-on-river-heads-road-at-river-heads/story-e6frfku0-1225836613425)

[chunk]

Your title is a bit miss leading as they didn't quite make it the Frazer Island.;)

[Chucaro]

Your title is a bit miss leading as they didn't quite make it the Frazer Island.;)

I know but was the destination for the vehicle.
By the way was a Toyo with 9 people again.
Just wonder if was a private or a rental 4WD.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Riverheads road???

I'll bet YOUR favourite camera it was backpackers:mad:

The council has only just reworked the road,,

dead straight until the last 500 meters,,
then TWO 90deg 40KPH corners,,,

mind you,, the speed limit leading into the corner is a whopping 60kph,,,

[Chucaro]

.......and you know now what the "idiots that we know" are going to say:
"4WD are not safe" "remove them from our roads" and so on :mad:

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

A LANDCRUISER troop carrier has rolled this afternoon en route to Fraser Island.
The four-wheel-drive crashed about 12.10pm on River Heads Road, River Heads, near Hervey Bay.

It is understood the vehicle was carrying 9 people, and 6 needed to be treated by paramedics.

The group was believed to be heading to Fraser Island.

Three tourists were killed last year when their troop carriers rolled on Fraser Island.

[mns488]

Actually I was just up there on fraser, got back last week.

The backpacker troopies were insane!

They can be seen in the background with the yellow tarp and all their gear as the cabin is full of bodies. Just couldn't believe how top loaded they were.

23087

Our car was the hired landcruiser. Missed the disco.... but couldn't spare the time to drive up from Melb.

First trip to fraser and was awesome!

Matt

[mns488]

We had heaps of trouble finding a company that would insure us for single vehicle accidents. All the local companies exlude it, we hired out of brisbane.

"He said all nine involved in the single-vehicle accident were transported to Hervey Bay Hospital."

Hope no one was hurt to badly.

[Tank]

.......and you know now what the "idiots that we know" are going to say:
"4WD are not safe" "remove them from our roads" and so on :mad:
The biggest threat to Tourists on Fraser Island (read 4WD's) is not all the crashes, but the Dingo. Seen a recent Doco on the Australian dingo and it seems the only pure bred Dingo's left in Australia are the one's on Fraser Island, the Authorities have been culling whole families of Dingo's every time there is an attack on a Human. Seems people cannot read the signs about NOT feeding the Dingo's, because most attacks have occurred when/after feeding them. They reckon that if they have to cull more Dingo's then they will go extinct, because there won't be enough left for a viable population. So they are considering whether they should stop interaction between Dingo's and Humans, by removing Humans from the equation, scary stuff, Regards Frank.

[GuyG]

Coming back from Fraser the other weekend, there was a bunch of 7 dingoes on the beach, must say that I wouldn't have wanted to be solo on the beach with them around.

[fraser130]

I read the title of this thread and thought:

"Bugger, what have I done this time?"

:D

Fraser

[badnews]

we had another injury this week a woman hit her head on the roof after going through a washout and had to be airlifted off the island. back packers again :mad: frazer island is only 40 mins away for me and is a great place for a wkend but soon enough it will be pro tours only if we keep haveing trouble over there. the hire companys are shocking with who they rent cars to. i follwed a troopy down freshwater road last weekend just waiting for it to tip over as others have said fully loaded with japs no idea of how to load or drive a 4wd. i was going down to see the high tides with the tsunami warning, they still headed off down 40 mile beach at high tide in soft sand like a charging bull. i just wonderd were they thought they could go the ferry at tewantin was closed so getting off the north shoar wasent going to happen.

[Chucaro]

I guess that it is time for the authorities to start regulating the rental companies. :mad: