Hello from Fraser Island

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Originally Posted by ak

Hi cal415, sounds like the trip has been great so far. Look forward to your pic's hope you took the camera.

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so far I have about 500 pics :)

well trying to find good mobile signal to use the net has been hard, I am now camped on orchid beach and have a decent signal here, we did the sandy cape yesterday, along with a massive 2 door rangie running 37s and 350 chev!! so getting stuck wasn't such a worry

the top end of the island is a definete must, by far the best place we have been to, we saw dolphins so feeding right on the shore line, they actualy chased one fish right out of the water on to the sand! and huge sea turtles, atleast 10 scattered around the beach relaxing in the sun, there were also large sting rays and other dark shapes swimming around, the fishing up there was also great, we got around 10 dart and a large taylor in about an hours worth of fishing.

at the moment we are considering moving camp to he other side of the island as we hear its a nice place too, camping at this end of the island has been the best so far, its a lot less touristy and there no troupies or hire cars to pull out :)

anyway will post up more later.

Mick

bugger, pda keeps eating my posts.... just typed a huge one on this thumb keyboard and then it dissapeared.... arrgggg

anyway, camped at orchid beach now, great to be away from the troupies and hire car,, no more need to help stuck cars up this end of the beach... oh besides the broken down patrol 2 camps sites up, we have good neighbours here, about 500m away still, we drove to the sandy cape with them yesterday, they are in a 2 door rangie with 37s and a 350 chev.... took the stress of getting stuck away with a back up vehicle like that.

Met heaps of landy lovers - definetly a special kind of people, traveled with an older 2 door for a few days, then another awesome d2 with 33s and excellent bar work, now with another 2 door, all just people we have met here, and yes I have told them all to get on aulro when they get home!

the sandy cape was definetly the best spot on the island so far, we saw dolphins chasing fish so close to the shore that the fish came out of the water onto the sand, there are no waves up the, we also saw heaps of sea turtles sunning themselves on the beach and other large dark shapes in the water, we had a very quick swim, couldn't resist the water was so blue and so warm, and fishing there was so easy, caught about 10 dart and a large taylor in about an hour of fishing, simply just an awesome spot to go!

We are now looking at heading to the other side of the island for a camp, will post more later.

Mick.

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Originally Posted by cal415

bugger, pda keeps eating my posts.... just typed a huge one on this thumb keyboard and then it dissapeared.... arrgggg

anyway, camped at orchid beach now, great to be away from the troupies and hire car,, no more need to help stuck cars up this end of the beach... oh besides the broken down patrol 2 camps sites up, we have good neighbours here, about 500m away still, we drove to the sandy cape with them yesterday, they are in a 2 door rangie with 37s and a 350 chev.... took the stress of getting stuck away with a back up vehicle like that.

Met heaps of landy lovers - definetly a special kind of people, traveled with an older 2 door for a few days, then another awesome d2 with 33s and excellent bar work, now with another 2 door, all just people we have met here, and yes I have told them all to get on aulro when they get home!

the sandy cape was definetly the best spot on the island so far, we saw dolphins chasing fish so close to the shore that the fish came out of the water onto the sand, there are no waves up the, we also saw heaps of sea turtles sunning themselves on the beach and other large dark shapes in the water, we had a very quick swim, couldn't resist the water was so blue and so warm, and fishing there was so easy, caught about 10 dart and a large taylor in about an hour of fishing, simply just an awesome spot to go!

We are now looking at heading to the other side of the island for a camp, will post more later.

Mick.

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The camping spot you want on the Western Side has the following GPS co-ordinates

25.0306 s
153.1112 e

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Originally Posted by Maggot4x4

The camping spot you want on the Western Side has the following GPS co-ordinates

25.0306 s
153.1112 e

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Is it correct position? Or might be I made a mistake... camping sport right in the water :angel:

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Originally Posted by Ruslan

Is it correct position? Or might be I made a mistake... camping sport right in the water :angel:

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https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2006/10/69.jpg

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Originally Posted by Maggot4x4

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...2006/10/69.jpg

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looks good, I checked out wuthumba today but didn't like my chancces of crossing that swampy creek to get out on the beach

what's the best way to get there?

had a huge day today only just got back to orchid beach - wind is blowing really bad here, gota leave tomorrow before it destroys my tarps and tent.

drove to wuthumba then back to orchid beach then all the way back to eurong and over to king fisher, then up to urang through the bush tracks and onto moon pt then back to kgari, by this time it was 8pm and high tide, so it was an interesting drive back here.... long day in the truck.....

Mick.

Head west from Kgari via the knifeblade sandblow track all the way till you get to the western beach via either the Woorlie Creek or Awinya Creek track, but I think Awinya is still closed.

From there turn north and if you get to Wathumba you have gone to far, this is what it looks like.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...007/09/282.jpg

looks good, heading over today, nearly packed.

just out of curiousity, is camping allowed over there?

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Originally Posted by cal415

looks good, heading over today, nearly packed.

just out of curiousity, is camping allowed over there?

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We have never been stopped

found it, siting on the roof rack of my car trying to get reception at the moment, very nice spot, havnt seen anyone come past since we got here yesterday, thanks for the info :)

been relaxing all day, caught a few decent flaties and a small whiting so far, going to look at white lake in the morning

Mick.