Thread: Accessories for Fraser Island?

Only been there once, but found a sense of humour very important, especially when ANOTHER (expletive deleted) TOUR BUS almost wipes you out!
Had a ball though.... enjoy, I'm jealous.

Originally Posted by Rohan

Only been there once, but found a sense of humour very important, especially when ANOTHER (expletive deleted) TOUR BUS almost wipes you out!
Had a ball though.... enjoy, I'm jealous.

Yes the tour bus operators are complete arseholes and won't stop or get out of the way for anyone. If I saw one stuck on the beach I would be mighty tempted to stop, set up a deckchair open a beer and watch the waves take them rather than help

Originally Posted by AnD3rew

Yes the tour bus operators are complete arseholes and won't stop or get out of the way for anyone. If I saw one stuck on the beach I would be mighty tempted to stop, set up a deckchair open a beer and watch the waves take them rather than help

Nicely said

Originally Posted by Mattt

Not sure on the right section to put this in, but it's related to D3 accessories I guess....
I'm off to Fraser at NYE and it will be my first time sand driving, car is a standard 2009 Disco 3 SE Petrol V6 (no locking rear diff).
I am planning on having a look at the main sights, but not going too extreme.

Fraser: Nice have fun
NYE: It's bound to be busy
STD Landrover: That's all you need

What accessories will I require on an essential/helpful/luxury basis?

Maybe a CB radio or contact numbers of local Police, Tow Truck, Ambo ect

Also any recommendations for suppliers (net/Brisbane) would be good

?

I was thinking as essential: 2 x tyre pressure gauge, tyre compressor, tow shackles (which?), plate for jack, shovel, socket set/tools
Helpful: snatch strap, maxxtraxx

Good list.

I've been a few times, all i had taken with me was basic tools, 40L extra fuel & 40L of water.
Did not lower my tyre pressures have used 10" & 9" on different trips & the tyres 10" are far better, big difference in the sand of corse i did not have the worlds best 4WD, i only had a STD 87 Toyota 4Runner so you will be far better off from what i have read on this Web site about Lanies
Keep your weight down & u'll be fine, have fun when you do go

Originally Posted by lpj

Ditto on the Dingo's.

I admit that I thought the whole "Dingo took my Baby" was BS...until I went to Fraser. They are very cheeky and were trying to snatch peoples lunches right out of their hands.
It doesn't help when idiots ignore the "don't feed the Dingo's" signs everywhere either!

Agreed. Have done a fair few trips to Fraser as a kid through to now as an adult. As a kid I've been stalked by a couple of dingos when playing near coffee rock with my brothers and other family friends (parents were fishing). One trip one of the other kids got nipped. They are very cunning and get excited when kids run.

A few years back we were at Lake McKenzie for the day and I actually saw a young dingo grab a baby by it's nappy and drag it about a meter or so. The baby was sitting up no further than 2 meters from it's parents. The dingo gave up when it realised a dozen people (including me) were after it. Baby was fine, the dingo grabbed it by the nappy only. I instantly thought of Lindy Chamberlain though.

I wouldn't let this ruin your trip at all, just something to be mindful of. Kingfisher has a dingo fence. I beleive it's pretty effective at keeping them out.

It doesn't help that people feed them as well. Last trip up there I saw some awsome close up photos of some dingos for sale. Obviously done by a professional and they were charging accordingly. Later that trip I stumbled upon how they got the photos. I saw the photographer on the beach feeding a dingo and it's pups so that she could get the shots. If I had my witts about me I should have stopped and photographed her, then drop it into the ranger/police station.

Like everyone says though it's an awsome place.

I'll be there in a couple of weeks. I'll probably be either head down and bum up catching sand worms, with a rod in hand chasing some whiting in a gutter (hopefully there's no weed or blueys) or with beer in hand at the house we're renting at Happy Valley.

My tips are the same as everyone else pretty much. Air down, take a snatch strap, know how to use it safely and be prepared to help others. I've recently bought some maxtrax for a Cape York trip earlier this year. I might take them to have a play with.

In all the trips I've done I've always been able to reverse out of getting stuck and get through taking a different tactic, except for one time. It was a Cruiser loaded to the gunnels on the access track at Inskip Point. It was very dry and a few people had gotten stuck (mainly due to tyre pressure). I was heading home and saw this bloke with no-one helping so I turned around and offered assistance. I checked to make sure he was aired down and hubs in, hooked up to snatch him towards the barges and proceeded with the recovery. Didn't happen, got stuck myself and had to be snatched.

Turns out he had no drive to the rear wheels which he omitted to tell me until we pulled him back the other way, twice!!! He was more concerned with getting onto the barge. We left him while he was having his third attempt. Sometimes you have to give up on people who won't help themselves.

Matt.

Mate you will have a ball. It does take a while to get from Kingfisher to the ocean side, but a fun drive just the same.

As for the original question - the best accessory to take to Fraser Island...a mate with a D2

Have fun and post some pics

Cheers

thinking of doing the frazer trip in Jan 2015, have a 3 year old daughter and a 5 month old son, bit concerned if it will be too much for my 5 month old son. Any advices as to whether I should go with caution or should consider avoiding the trip altogether.

I'd go we took out four year old and 7 mos old up the Cape and no dramas, just be mindful of dingoes, and realise if bub is crawling sand is a pita and also very hot